The purpose of this module is to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to realize the practical issues relating to designing public health interventions that target the population. These interventions are not limited to improving mental and physical health only, but also toward behaviour changes. The module will consider various theories, approaches, tools and metrics that used to design public health interventions.

This module will cover the following contents areas: Biology of public health; Health promotion; Health protection and regulation; Disease prevention; Health risk assessment; Public Health intervention design. This module will integrate education, capacity building, partnerships, social marketing, engineering, policy, and legal strategies to improve population health across multiple public health issues such as: Communicable and non-communicable disease, Maternal and child health, Mental health, Nutrition, Ageing, Environment (including physical, chemical and biological factors), Occupational health.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: - Propose evidence-based strategies and interventions for health improvement and elimination of health inequities. - Prioritise health issues in a community, describe mandates for action and plan public health interventions - Identify existing, appropriate and relevant indicators to effectively and efficiently monitor and evaluate interventions. - Prepare evidence-based proposals for funding for a public health intervention.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: - Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of communication and reflect on own experiences when proposing strategies and approaches for public health interventions. - Demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of different styles of presentations including verbal and visual means when delivering public health interventions. - Demonstrate an appreciation of both critical and systematic approaches to problem solving.

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This is a five-week competency-based module. It will be delivered on-campus through a mix of case studies, on-campus lectures, classroom-based workshops, teamwork projects, and individual projects. Students will engage with fellow learners and tutors in classroom-based workshops and group assignments. All the lecturers involved are experienced researchers who will draw from their research expertise to develop and facilitate a transformative learning experience where students will learn from each other and will be guided to apply the concepts learnt in lectures to specific real-life case studies that address several UN SDGs. The plurality of disciplinary backgrounds and nationalities/cultural backgrounds of lecturers and students, as well as the participatory learning approach employed during workshops and tutorials will enable the implementation of a flexible, inclusive, active, and applied teaching and learning approach. The learning experience will be technology-enhanced using Brightspace and various software packages and tools (Endnote, PowerPoint...). Major focus will be placed into the provision of specific feedback to students to foster a flexible and agile learning experience through ongoing reflection of strong points and areas where improvement is needed.