Public Health
The objective of Public health is to study the health of the population, especially changes in the health, variation in health between different population groups, factors that influences population's health and how the health situation may be improved. Public health includes studies of the importance of life circumstances as well as behavioural, environmental, societal and health system-related factors on the health of the population.
Knowledge and competences in Public health are a basis for health promotion, prevention of diseases and injuries as well as for evaluations of programmes and interventions aiming at improving the health of the population.
Programmes
Courses
Bachelor's level, basic courses
Environment, Health and Climate Change, 5 credits Migration, Health and Ethics in a Globalised World, 5 credits Public Health A1, 15 credits The Value of Prevention: Economic Aspects of Investments in Health, 7.5 credits
Bachelor's level, continuing courses
Master's level courses
Behavioural Medicine with Applications to Lifestyle-Related Health Problems, 7.5 credits Community Interventions, 7.5 credits Current Trends in Public Health, 15 credits Diet, Nutrition and Public Health, 7.5 credits Epidemiology, 7.5 credits Health Promoting Management, 15 credits Neuroethics, 7.5 credits Nutritional Status and Clinical Nutrition, 7.5 credits Public Health Ethics, 7.5 credits Research Design and Methodology in Public Health, 15 credits Research Designs and Methods in Public Health and Caring Sciences, 7.5 credits Theoretical Perspectives on Disability, 7.5 credits The Organisation and Management of Swedish Health Care, 7.5 credits Thesis in Public Health, 15 credits
Contact
- Course administration, Calle Martinsson
- calle.martinsson@pubcare.uu.se
- +46 18 471 66 84