A series of interactive workshops that raise awareness of the need for public health and health services development skills. Helps with issues faced in achieving health improvement and effective services. The programme will introduce you to basic public health by improving understanding of the key domains and exploring the application of skills in practice. All are underpinned by surveillance and monitoring of health and the determinants of health.

A series of interactive workshops that raise awareness of the need for public health and health services development skills. Helps with issues faced in achieving health improvement and effective services. The programme will introduce you to basic public health by improving understanding of the key domains and exploring the application of skills in practice. All are underpinned by surveillance and monitoring of health and the determinants of health.

This course is aimed at: The public health workforce including, Public Health Practitioners, GP Consortia and Commissioning managers, GPs, PCT and Acute Trust staff, Health Visitors, Midwives, School Nurses, Community Nurses, Environmental Health Practitioners, Police, Fire Brigade, Voluntary Sector.

Style: Interactive, ‘problem orientated’, designed to help with issues relevant to participants in achieving health improvement and effective services.

Half day modules can include:

• Introduction to Public Health
• Introduction to Epidemiology
• Managing/Implementing Change
• Medical Ethics
• Community Development
• Health Impact Assessment
• Health Needs Assessment
• Critical Appraisal
• Partnership Working

Learning Outcomes:

• Gain the knowledge, skills and language to promote health
• Understand the wider determinants of health and wellbeing and understand that these are commodities that are not evenly distributed within our communities
• Be able to differentiate between health, wellbeing and illness and to explore positive concepts of mental and physical health
• Examine opportunities to promote health in the workplace
• Explore opportunities to improve health outcomes

For more information on this course and how the content can be adapted to suit the needs of your organisation, or you as an individual, please email enquiries@phast.org.uk.