Course Spotlight: Public Health

Have you ever wanted a career in healthcare but something that is not clinical? Maybe Public Health is for you... :dontknow:

Public Health is about helping people to stay healthy and protecting them from any threats to their health.

Public Health contributes to reducing the causes of ill-health and improving people's health and wellbeing through:

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health protection - action for clean air, water and food, infectious disease control, protection against environmental health hazards, chemical incidents and emergency response

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improving people's health - action to improve health and wellbeing and to reduce health inequalities (for example by helping people quit smoking or improving their living conditions)

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health services - ensuring that our health services are the most effective, most efficient and equally accessible.

There are many career pathsways in Public Health some of these are:

- Environmental health professional
- Health trainer
- Health visitor
- Occupational health nurse
- School nurse
- Nutritionist
- Epidemiologist

The list is endless…

Check out our webpage to find out more about public health: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/public-health

Also take a look at our faculty Instagram account where you can find helpful videos about this career: https://www.instagram.com/cccu_health/

Let us know if you would consider studying public health… :curious: