Public Health BSc (Hons)

Are you passionate about getting health messages out to the wider society? Do you want to see large populations lead healthier, fuller lives? <br/>With this BSc (Hons) Public Health degree, you will learn how to protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities in the UK and abroad.<br/>You will develop effective verbal, written, audio-visual, social media presentation and communication skills.<br/>Additionally, this course includes Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training (usually delivered in Year 2). MECC is about taking every opportunity to ask, assist and advise people about their lifestyles, including:<br/>• smoking<br/>• alcohol<br/>• physical activity<br/>• healthy eating<br/>• mental wellbeing.<br/>It will enable you to use evidence-based methods to empower people to make the changes they choose.<br/>The knowledge, skills, and experience you gain on this public health course will enable you to pursue a broad, non-clinical, public health career in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.<br/><br/>What youll study<br/>Learn about the social, cultural, economic and political factors that affect health as well as identify health patterns and trends in the health and wellness of individuals, neighbourhoods and populations.<br/>You will enhance your leadership skills and ability to work as part of a team. <br/>Your new skills will help you to:<br/>• work effectively with diverse groups involved in the promotion of public health<br/>• deliver and evaluate innovative health promotion campaigns <br/>• influence the development of policy for healthy communities.<br/>You can also develop wider skills from organising and taking part in real-world health promotion such as a World AIDS Day flash mob and a student-led health conference seminar.<br/>Additionally, the University provides an excellent volunteering service with opportunities in public health-related charities and not-for-profit organisations.<br/>After completing the course you will be able to work within multi-agency teams delivering health promotion projects and programmes and will possess the interpersonal and community engagement skills to work in diverse communities.