MSc Health Promotion and Public Health

Dr Wendy MartinProgramme 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)wendy.martin@brunel.ac.uk Tel: (01895) 268747

Karen Clayton (Administrator)karen.clayton@brunel.ac.ukTel: (01895) 268819