The Health Protection course is the fourth instalment of the wider Foundations of Public Health Practice specialisation from Imperial College London's Global Master of Public Health (MPH). The scope and content of this course has been developed from the ground up by a combined team of academics and practitioners drawing on decades of real-world public health experience as well as deep academic knowledge. Through short video lectures, practitioner interviews and a wide range of interactive activities, learners will be immersed in the world of public health practice.
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Ce cours fait partie du diplôme intégralement en ligne Global Master of Public Health de Imperial College London.
Si vous êtes admis au programme complet, vos cours seront pris en compte dans votre apprentissage diplômant.
Programme du cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
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Module One: Water, sanitation and infectious diseases
This fourth course, "Health Protection", part of the wider Foundations of Public Health Practice specialisation, is designed to introduce learners to the area of operational and strategic health protection. This first module, entitled "Water, sanitation and infectious diseases" introduces learners to WASH-based initiatives before, in the second lesson, bringing learners up to speed on basic microbiology and the science that underpins communicable disease control.
3 heures pour terminer
12 vidéos (Total 47 min), 12 lectures, 2 quiz
12 vidéos
Meet the Team (Optional): Samantha Alvarez Madrazo3 min
Meet the Team (Optional): Lisa Danquah3 min
Meet the Team (Optional): Helen Skirrow2 min
Introduction to the course3 min
An introduction to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)3 min
WASH: The right to clean water3 min
WASH: Working towards universal sanitation2 min
WASH: Hygiene and hand washing3 min
SHEWA-B: WASH in Bangladesh5 min
Unintended consequences: Hepatitis C in Egypt4 min
Practitioner interview: Working in WASH5 min
12 lectures
About Imperial College London & the FPHP Team5 min
How to be successful in this course5 min
Grading policy5 min
Glossary5 min
The importance of water and sanitation15 min
Conclusions on WASH10 min
Vectors, pathogens and microbiology10 min
Waterborne and foodborne diseases10 min
The terminology of infection5 min
Transmission and infection in communicable disease10 min
Intervention opportunities10 min
Conclusion2 min
2 exercices pour s'entraîner
Pathogens and disease15 min
Dynamics and control of infectious diseases15 min
3 heures pour terminer
Module Two: Vaccines and management of communicable disease
This fourth course, "Health Protection", part of the wider Foundations of Public Health Practice specialisation, is designed to introduce learners to the area of operational and strategic health protection. This second module, entitled "Vaccines and communicable disease control" will cover the science and practice of vaccines. In the first lesson learners are introduced to the evidence-base and impact that vaccines have had on morbidity globally. Some of the main global players are also introduced before discussion of the ethical implications of mandatory vaccination (building on learning from the first course of this specialisation "The Public Health Approach"). Bringing all of the learning on this course together, the second lesson introduces communicable disease control and the management of health protection incidents.
3 heures pour terminer
7 vidéos (Total 25 min), 10 lectures, 1 quiz
7 vidéos
Vaccine preventable disease4 min
Vaccines in childhood5 min
Health protection outbreak scenario: Introduction59s
Health protection outbreak scenario: Conclusion2 min
Vulnerability in communicable disease5 min
Conclusion to the module1 min
10 lectures
Welcome to the module3 min
Vaccinology and key terminology5 min
The global impact of vaccinations15 min
The MMR controversy and the anti-vaccination movement10 min
Conclusions on vaccination10 min
Defining and detecting outbreaks10 min
Notification of infectious disease and case definitions5 min
Public health actions10 min
Outbreak response to norovirus10 min
An overview of incident mangement10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Health protection in practice30 min
3 heures pour terminer
Module Three: Environmental hazards and strategic health protection threats
This fourth course, "Health Protection", part of the wider Foundations of Public Health Practice specialisation, is designed to introduce learners to the area of operational and strategic health protection. This third module, entitled "Environmental hazards and strategic health protection threats" examines the non-communicable disease elements of health protection - with an introduction to CBRN and exploration of the public health approach in the context of major incidents and health emergencies. In the first lesson learners are introduced to the emerging public health topic of air quality: with specific exploration of the collision of circumstances leading to London's Ultra Low Emission Zone. The second lesson moves into CBRN with a case study of the Fukushima Daiichi radiological incident of 2011.
3 heures pour terminer
5 vidéos (Total 24 min), 6 lectures, 1 quiz
5 vidéos
Air quality in London6 min
Air quality in industrialising countries4 min
Fukushima and the public health impacts4 min
Conclusions to the course2 min
6 lectures
An introduction to strategic health protection10 min
Air quality work in the European Union10 min
An introduction to CBRNe10 min
Fukushima and long term health consequences10 min
Major incidents and emergency planning10 min
Course 5: The Emerging Public Health Practitioner10 min
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Meilleurs avis pour FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE: HEALTH PROTECTION
par TB20 mai 2020
Excellent course for working professional as a part of continuous education process. I strongly suggest professionals to take the courses offered on this self-learning platform.
par DN22 juin 2020
I enjoyed getting down to the nut-and-bolts of Public Health. I felt confident in how to do the process by the time the course was complete.
par AH8 mai 2020
Wow! Such a great course! Although, I am still am missing my final grade to complete the course from the peer graded assignment.
par JG27 mai 2020
Excellent course for present situation. Helped to develop skills.
À propos du Spécialisation Foundations of Public Health Practice
This specialisation will enable you to reflect on and cultivate the behaviours you require to become an effective public health professional –whether as an academic, practitioner, clinician, manager or leader.The specialisation is shaped into four courses covering the origins of public health, health improvement, behaviour change, and health protection. The specialisation will draw upon learning from the Statistics for Public Health and Epidemiology for Public Health specialisations, and builds the foundations of public health knowledge.
By the end of this specialisation, you will be able to:
1. Use the principles which underpin public health as a discipline in order to articulate public health objectives;
2. Critically analyse public health challenges using data and health intelligence in order to characterise need and prioritise actions for key stakeholders
3. Devise effective interventions using behaviour change theory and other public health approaches in order to improve population health outcomes;
4. Assess both operational and strategic health protection threats in order to recommend appropriate management actions to relevant parties;
5. Reflect upon one's own professional skills, attitudes, and behaviours in order to improve leadership capability and personal effectiveness in public healthpractice;
6. Apply appropriate health protection, health improvement and disease prevention interventions in order to improve public health programmes.
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