Professional/Short course Introduction to Environmental and Public Health

Entry year
2025/26
Course code
UZVYC915M
Application
University
Level
Professional/Short Course
School
School of Health and Social Wellbeing
Campus
Frenchay
Delivery
In-person
Course Director
Ellis Turner

15 credit level 7 module

Introduction

Accreditations and partnerships:

Public health issues need to be viewed on a global scale. In this 15 credit module, Introduction to Environmental and Public Health, you will explore how population health and well-being are influenced by a range of global factors and social determinants, including sustainability and the environment, food systems, security, globalisation and human migration.

This level 7 (Masters level) module aims to:

  • introduce core public health issues that impact on health and well-being globally.
  • explore the ways in which different academic disciplines contribute to the study of global public heath.
  • consider the human, social and ethical context of public health globally and their relevance to understanding inequality, social injustice and rights-based public health.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

  • critically analyse public health issues through appraisal of the range of factors that impact global health and wellbeing.    
  • investigate and analyse how global public health and wellbeing issues are conceptualised, researched, reported and regulated.    
  • demonstrate critical awareness of the complexity of the human, social and ethical context of global public health and how this is relevant to understanding inequality, social injustice and rights-based public health.

Careers / Further study

This module can contribute towards the PG Cert/PG Dip/MSc Environmental Health/Environmental Health Studies.

Structure

Content

The module syllabus typically includes:

  • philosophical, conceptual and theoretical perspectives on global public health, including health, illness, well-being and wellness.
  • social, political and ethical values in global public health, including beneficence, equity, social justice, rights, altruism, social responsibility, harm principle, freedom, risk.
  • contributions of a range of academic disciplines to global public health, including sociology and anthropology, geography, psychology, political science, economics and biomedicine.
  • historical and geographic trends and developments: evolution of the public health field; national and global political developments and the impact on public health.
  • global public health in the context of the sustainability and development; cultural, social and environmental: migration; security; globalisation; food systems.
  • social determinants of health; inequalities in health and healthcare; local, national and international classification and social stratification (occupation, income, ethnicity, race, culture, religion, generation, age, gender, sexuality, opportunity and ability).

Learning and Teaching

The module is delivered through a combination of both synchronous and asynchronous learning; some elements are taught face-to-face on campus and others online. Students will have access to time-dependent release of online asynchronous resources and access to a programme of synchronous lectures, seminars and tutorials.

The module takes a multi-disciplinary approach, providing contributions across the health and social sciences to explore the nature and complexity of public health in a global context.

Study time

In addition to in-person teaching of approximately 30 hours of directed study, there is an expectation for students to commit to a significant amount of self-directed study using supplementary materials provided as well as independent research and reading. Details of directed learning is provided for each module, more detail of which is provided in the online Module Handbook and on the module Blackboard site.

Assessment

The assessment for this module comprises of a 3,000 word written essay, where you are required to research a global public health issue and develop a critical analysis of the published evidence underpinning the issue, exploring the themes of health inequality and social determinants.

 

Features

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Extra information

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