Transcript HPPH Programme - Brunel University London

MSc Health Promotion and
Public Health
Dr Wendy Martin
Programme Leader
Brunel University
HPPH Programme
• A key focus is to enhance and develop theoretical,
conceptual, historical and critical understandings of
public health and health promotion.
• To apply critical knowledge and understandings to
explore ethical, political and policy debates that
inform public health and health promotion policy /
practice
• Provide an academic learning experience in a
supportive environment that aims to produce
reflective practitioners, policymakers and academics
Interdisciplinarity
• A range of subject disciplines informs the
curriculum eg Epidemiology, Demography,
Policy, Sociology, Psychology, Geography,
History, Critical Public Health, Critical Health
Promotion
• Principles, perspectives and practices in Health
Promotion and Public Health – core skills and
knowledge
• Diverse methodologies: statistics, qualitative,
quantitative, media, systematic reviews
• Link theory and policy / practice
Course Content
• Principles, Perspectives
and Practice in
Promoting Health
• Global Context of Health
Promotion and Public
Health
• Social Context of Health
Promotion and Public
Health
• Health Policy and Public
Health
• Changing Health
Behaviours and
Educating Communities
• Research Methods
• Research Design
• Dissertation
Examples of current topics of
research interests
• Online support mechanisms for
people living with HIV
• Perceptions of body shape and
obesity in adults from ethnic
minority groups
• Knowledge and awareness of dietary
behaviours impact on health in gym
users
• How does the Connecticut welfare
card system impact on shopping /
eating habits?
• Exploring the perceptions of the
Ghanaian community living in
London towards accessing Voluntary
Counselling HIV testing
(VCT)services
• What are the perceived (health)
benefits associated with active
participation in choral singing?
• To understand the perceptions and
motivations behind women
volunteering to help victims of rape,
sexual assault, domestic violence
through a 24 hours counselling
service telephone line in Canada
• Health policy and governance in Iran
• Perceptions of health and risk in India
• What are the views on growing old in
Taiwan and their own care in old age
of Swiss Catholic missionaries?
Student Profile
• Of interest to a wide range of professionals working
in health and social care, local government,
education and the voluntary sector
• Of interest to students with first degrees in health,
social sciences, biosciences, biomedicine who want
to gain knowledge and skills in health promotion and
public health
• International, UK and EU students
• Full time – over 1 year
• Part time – over 2 – 3 years
• Teaching days - Tuesdays / Wednesdays
Employability
• Links with key local and inter/national health promotion and
public health providers and specialists – to develop networks
• Careers initiatives within the programme
• Transferable skills
• Inter/national employment opportunities eg to gain skills and
knowledge for development of health initiatives
• Professional – eg public health / health promotion roles; health
and social care; voluntary and government sector; NGOs
• Academic – doctoral study – we also provide a Doctorate in
Public Health
Contact Details
Dr Wendy Martin (Programme Leader)
[email protected]
Tel: (01895) 268747
Karen Clayton (Administrator)
[email protected]
Tel: (01895) 268819