Graduate Certificate in Public Health

Deakin University - Cloud Campus

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Overview

The Graduate Certificate of Public Health focuses on improving existing health-promoting environments, identifying public health priorities, generating initiatives for policy and action, and developing strategies and interventions to ensure equity in the health system. It aims to:

  • assist students to appreciate the historical foundations of public health and lessons learned from history;
  • develop a broad-based understanding of the determinants of health in populations;
  • develop knowledge, skills and understanding of the broad public health endeavours;
  • develop critical thinking about efforts to promote health and prevent disease;
  • develop strategies to ensure equity in the health system and interventions to promote the health of disadvantaged groups;
  • possess an appreciation of the complex challenges in public health and the need for multidimensional solutions;
  • develop the skills necessary to generate and use research data related to public health issues, endeavours and interventions.

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Deakin University website for admission criteria information.

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