POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Course Overview

Public health is about preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the efforts of society. Whether you are already a working professional in this area, or new to the subject, this Post-Graduate Public Health program is ideal for those wishing to address today’s problems in public health. The program provides students with an understanding of how different scientific disciplines can be used to investigate and then develop the best professional practice in epidemiology, public health, and the social science of health.

The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition. For centuries, public health throughout the world has been recognized as having a concern for the health of humans. It has also been recognized that the treatment of illness in an individual is different than public health’s focus on preventing disease and protecting the health of a population.

1. Introduction to Public Health Principles and Practice

• Public health: The population health approach

• Evidence-based public health

• Public health data and communications

• Social and behavioral sciences

2. Primary Health care

• Community based rehabilitation

• Supervision and community based data collection

• Disaster and epidemics management

• Planning the implementation and evaluation of Public Health programs

3. Communication skills in Public Health

• Health communication.

• Being in contact with patients

• Communication during campaigns

 

4. Human anatomy and physiology

5. Communicable and non-communicable Diseases

• Aetiology transmit

• session, epidemiology, prevention and control of communicable diseases.

• Diarrhea diseases

• Sexually transmitted diseases. Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immuno-

• Epidemiology, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

• Respiratory diseases

• Renal disorders

• Dental disorders

• Metabolic disorders

• Neoplastic disorders, Cardiovascular disorders, Psychiatric disorders

6. Epidemiology and principles of clinical research

7. Public Health in a Global Context

• What is global health: Key concepts, successes and challenges

• Gender, wellbeing and global health

• Calamity and connections

8. Infectious Diseases

• Infectious diseases: Global burden, costs, and trends

• Vaccine controversies

• HIV Sex Education: Closing the gap between knowledge and practice

9. Chronic Diseases

• Health law, policy, and ethics

• Poverty and health

10. Health Education,& Medical Education Methodology

• The concepts of health education and promotion

• Socio-cultural factors in health education

• Environment and health

• Methods in health education

• Types of evaluation and evaluation methods

 

11 . Research paper

12 final exams 

course duration 12 months

Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be issued a certificate.