BSc (Hons) Public Health Bachelor's degree at Westminster

This module provides you with an insight into the correlations between the environment, sustainable development and global public health. You'll be introduced to environmental health by gaining an understanding of how the environment impacts health and human actions may influence the environment. You'll also learn about lobbying and how to design effective public health policies. Subsequently, you'll gain an understanding of how environmental issues can be addressed in public health policy and p

This module will introduce the history of epidemiology and commonly used epidemiological tools. Alongside the development of academic reading skills and presentation of evidence, you'll be guided through reflections on professional conduct as a public health practitioner. Exploration of differences between preventative medicine and public health strategies will reflect on the requirements of evidence-based practice and the importance of evidence-informed scientific communication to different tar

In this module, you will be introduced to public health, what working in public health involves and the basic terms of public health and the determinants of public health. The influence of historical events and geographic changes on public health will be discussed including pandemics. This will allow the you to understand how public health priorities are set and how you can change. Current public health problems, social determinants, health and social inequalities, cultural differences, environm

The module will introduce the concepts of employability and professionalism in the workplace with specific reference to the Bioscience/Life Science industry. Emphasis will be placed on learning to conduct one's self as a credible scientist with ethical professional and honest manner with consideration for scientific advances and technological innovation. You'll be taught about scientific communities, learn to appreciate diversity and constructive discussions on scientific topics; evaluate scient

Modern health professionals require a broad, inclusive and diverse understanding of the factors that can influence health and wellbeing. This module aims to help you explore both the psychological and sociological factors that can influence and impact health and wellbeing. Contemporary, current and relevant issues related to health will be examined at individual, community and population levels. You will explore the topic from a variety of positions and frameworks. The module will encourage you

This module offers a study of how molecular bioscience can help solve biological problems encountered by human beings. The module will start with a consideration of how sequencing the human genome and bioinformatic analysis has led to the incarnation of personal medicine. It will consider how human diseases and conditions are being treated in the 21st century: the development of new antibiotics, the use of stem cell biology and the science of tissue regeneration. Specific studies will be made of

An understanding of the science underpinning sound nutrition is essential for the evaluation of the role of nutrition in health and physical well-being. This module will explore fundamental concepts in cellular biochemistry and physiology which relate to human nutrition and provide students with an introduction to vocational professional practices. The module content will be delivered via a combination of lectures, interactive tutorials and practical sessions in our human performance laboratorie

This module will explore regional and global problems and their impact on the world's resources, the environment and human societies (social and economic). The underlying causes of environmental and societal pressures, eg climate change and infectious and non-infectious diseases, will be identified and examined and the risks these pose, eg water scarcity and conflicts and biodiversity loss, examined.

This module focuses on research methods and designs appropriate in public health and healthcare research. Techniques used to gather epidemiological evidence and conduct analyses using different types of evidence will be covered. You'll learn how to critically evaluate the reliability of data in public health research. Ethical considerations and research governance in public health will be covered.

This is intended to be a contemporary module, and the topics covered will be informed by the United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs). This module will focus on contemporary and pressing public health issues in line with UN SDG3 'Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages'. Using student-centred enquiry-based learning allows students to become co-creators of their own knowledge in a small group format. In addition, students will be required to integrate and synth

This module is designed to help you appreciate how economic forces influence healthcare. The scope is to demonstrate principles of microeconomics and their application to healthcare and discuss issues of efficiency, equity and their application to global health and healthcare – to this aim you'll be using examples from high-middle-low-income countries. The module will also provide an overview of the basic principles of health economic evaluation and factors shaping policy implementation.

The module covers essential elements of research methods, data analysis (as relevant to the Biosciences) and provides you with key laboratory techniques. On completion of the module successful you'll have developed the expertise to extract and interpret scientific information from peer-reviewed original sources, have used this information to produce a literature review of a specific area in the biosciences, prepared a design for your final year research project as well undertaken a skill-based e

Applied Nutrition introduces you to the inter-disciplinary applications of human nutrition. The module will use fundamental concepts of dietary assessment and nutritional intake estimation to introduce you to the interplay of related scientific disciplines, through an appraisal of their interactions within food systems. A life-course approach is used as a framework in the module, with reading sessions designed to encourage you to reflect on the utility (or not) of methods described within the co

This module examines food and nutrition in both dietary and physiological contexts, assessing their contributions to health and disease states, as well as their impact on human performance. Additionally, the module examines the challenges in defining health and disease, as well as determining the most suitable treatment modalities for a particular individual. Key aspects of diet/disease relationships are also examined in relation to nutritional intake and status. Transferable skills, including g

This module covers the pathogenesis of human parasitic diseases; case histories will be used to demonstrate the principles and practice of parasitology. Life cycles and control of insect, worm and protozoan parasites, including malaria, schistosomiasis, trypanosome, and nematode infections, are covered. The failures and successes of control courses will be reviewed. Other topics covered will be the impact of HIV/AIDS, the effect of parasitic infections on nutrition and the importance of insects

Advanced and integrated technologies are required in order to advance healthcare delivery. Therefore, the purpose of this module is to introduce you to digital healthcare technologies and identify their application(s) in the context of global public health. The main module objective is for you to understand and implement the computational technologies that aid in digitally capturing health data from varied sources, storing them in a secured platform, extracting insights, and designing applicatio

Students in this module are supervised and guided to design and carry out an independent research project, analyse and interpret the results and report their findings in scientific style. The module covers safe laboratory practices, ethical considerations, study designs, selecting and applying appropriate statistical tools and ot