University of Canberra

Course Description

• This degree in Public Health delivers a model of postgraduate public health training which aims to draw participants from a range of disciplines and offer a flexible program to meet the needs and interests of students
• The program takes a broad ecological approach highlighting the interdependence between human health and ecosystems
• The program acknowledges the complexity and interrelatedness of contemporary and emerging public health concerns
• The program reflects the need for an interdisciplinary public health workforce with a broad range of primary skills plus specialized skills which extend beyond the traditional biomedical boundary
• This interdisciplinary degree has a focus on the ecological model of public health that emphasizes and analyses the important interactions between the social, biological, economic, and environmental determinants of human health in an ecological framework