Public Health :: Undergraduate Studies
5th Year Module
General Objectives
By the end of this module, students will be able to:
1. Define the concept of health status and identify the major
determinants that influence the health status of populations,
including health services.
2. Understand the Treaty of Waitangi and its implications for
Maori health, Maori demographic trends, issues relating to classification
of ethnicity, key issues relating to Maori health status, and
cultural safety and its application to health.
3. Understand basic epidemiological and biostatistical concepts
and their application in interpreting medical literature and in
conducting and evaluating research.
4. Understand basic qualitative research methods and their application
in conducting and evaluating research.
5. Identify the major problems affecting the health of New Zealanders
and the important community, professional and political factors
that influence decisions about health, including the allocation
and distribution of health resources.
6. Identify the major organisational and financial problems facing
the New Zealand health system and recent organisational changes
that have been implemented.
7. Understand the important role of public policy in promoting
population health.
8. Explain basic economic concepts and techniques relevant to
resource allocation and distribution of health resources.
9. Understand the principles that guide decisions concerning
the introduction of population-based screening programmes.
10. Understand the principles underpinning immunisation as a
population-based health strategy.
11. Understand the importance of communicable diseases from a
population health perspective, and the principles of communicable
disease control.
12. Understand important principles of health promotion and the
strategies used to improve population health.
13. Understand important principles underpinning health protection
and environmental health and the strategies used to improve population
health.
The Certificate in Health Promotion is a four-paper programme designed
to develop practical knowledge and up-to-date skills in health promotion.
It enables students to work with New Zealanders to improve their
health. It is directed towards people currently working in the New
Zealand health services and those resident in New Zealand who wish
to work in that area in the future. The Certificate is a distance
learning programme that allows students to attend class from their
own home or workplace.
The Certificate involves a practical study of the five health
promotion strategies of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion:
developing healthy public policy, creating supportive environments,
strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and
reorienting the health sector. The course emphasises Maori health
promotion and the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi to effective
health promotion in New Zealand. More
information from the University of Otago website...
PDF of the 2010
Certificate in Health Promotion prospectus
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