Population Health University of Salford

Overview

Through the Population Health course from the University of Salford by focusing on fundamentals of understanding population health, health inequalities and strategies to promote and protect health and reduce inequality across health and social care sector.

Population health is an approach aimed at improving the health of an entire population and reducing health inequalities, by applying effective interventions throughout the delivery of health and associated care. It is about optimally using the resources we must improve the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of the whole population. It includes action to reduce the occurrence of ill-health, including addressing wider determinants of health, and requires working with communities and partner agencies.

The programme will facilitate learners to identify, evaluate and develop knowledge, skills and behaviours, to ensure they can support population health initiatives within their workplace and specific area of practice.

Learning will be delivered online to support work-based learning and application, with one day dedicated the taught module content and one day focused on the applying population health module. This will be supported by work-based mentors and meetings to develop apply and learning in practice for specific populations.

This PgCert comprises of two modules at level 7: Principles of Public Health and Applied Public Health. It will facilitate health and social care professionals’ opportunities to develop a specific area of understanding in relation to population health. These two long thin modules will provide a framework for off the job learning and skill development.

Population health is an approach aimed at improving the health of an entire population and reducing health inequalities, by applying effective interventions throughout the delivery of health and associated care. It is about optimally using the resources we have to improve the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of the whole population. It includes action to reduce the occurrence of ill-health, including addressing wider determinants of health, and requires working with communities and partner agencies.

The need for more population health action has been highlighted in the NHS Long term workforce Plan. As such this programme provides health and social care professionals with a chance to invest in their continuing professional development, with the aim of driving improvement in population health across all elements of the NHS and social care.

You will:

• Be able to undertake level 7 modules to develop your understanding of population health and health inequalities.

• Be able to undertake this qualification entirely online

• Be able to learn with other practitioners to develop networks and share best practice to help us all reduce health inequalities, improve health and outcomes for all patients and service users

• Be able to apply your knowledge to embed, evaluate and improve population health in your area of practice

• Study over two days, with one day focused on the core learning elements and one day designed to allow the work-based project to be undertaken. During breaks in the learning programme, both days will be dedicated to the work-based project.