MPH7105 Principles, Determinants and Promotion of Public Health

This is an advanced course that covers the philosophy of modern meaning and concept of Public health, brief historical background, introduces the student to the roles of different actors behind public health behind public health, with emphasis to Primary Healthcare and models of primary health care in the developing world. The course highlights the individual, their families and their community as partners in health care provision. The course also introduces the student to communicable, non-communicable, injuries and mental health. The course also helps students to understand the pillars of health promotion and contemporary promotion, health information, health education, proper and adequate nutrition.

Courses Aim

This course introduces the students to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and in particular SDG 3in the perspective of primary health care programs and Universal Health Care (UHC). The course also provides students insights on how to design and supervise health promotion programs.

Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the student should be able:

• To define concepts of health, including One Health, knowledge on Primary Health Care and health promotion useful in improving community health.
• To ably discuss communicable, non – communicable, injuries and Mental Health.
• To apply innovations and creativity in solving community problems
• To appreciate the importance of Primary Health Care and health Promotion in improving community health.
• To appreciate and analyse the determinants of health (biological, physical social behavioural, life – style, environmental etc.) 
• To analyse climate change and its implications
• To at appreciate and apply communication skills for social mobilisation. 
• To identify community health problems their associated problems and possible solutions