Public Health Awareness

Public health is high on the national and international policy agenda. This course looks at opportunities for health and social care staff to promote public health and discusses the reasons for action

Overview
Public health is everybody’s business. It is not just the role of the public health team or of the NHS. Both as workers and as citizens we all have a part to play in health improvement. This course invites learners to think about the national priorities in public health (Obesity, Smoking, Alcohol, Mental Well Being and Sexual Health) and discusses relevant factors such as poverty, unemployment and lifestyle.

• Module 1: Promoting public health - everybody’s business?
• Module 2: Protecting people’s health
• Module 3: Food and health
• Module 4: Mental health and wellbeing
• Module 5: Physical activity
• Module 6: Tackling unhealthy behaviours: alcohol and smoking.

What will learners get out of it
The course will help learners understand how they can contribute to improving:

• Their own health and the health of their families
• The health of colleagues and others in their organisation
• The health of patients and carers
• The health of people in their communities.

Who is the course for
It is aimed at all employees across the health and social care sectors as we all have a part to play in increasing public health capacity

Assessment
Each module is followed by a test that assesses learners’ knowledge of the topics covered in the module.
Learning progress and test results can be tracked by managers for internal development and learners can keep a certificate of completion for CPD.

Accreditations & Endorsements
This course was originally commissioned by the Department of Health and written and developed by the Open University. By studying this course you will have made progress towards meeting factors 1-9 of the Department of Health’s ‘Essence of Care Benchmarks’ for Promoting Health.

Duration: 1 hour 30 mins approx