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.
Este curso forma parte de Programa Especializado - Foundations of Public Health Practice
Foundations of Public Health Practice: Health Protection
ofrecido por
Acerca de este Curso
12,449 vistas recientes
100 % en línea
Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.
Fechas límite flexibles
Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.
Nivel principiante
Aprox. 9 horas para completar
Sugerido: 4 hours/week
Inglés (English)
Subtítulos: Inglés (English)
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
3 horas para completar
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 horas para completar
12 videos (Total 47 minutos), 12 lecturas, 2 cuestionarios
12 videos
Meet the Team (Optional): Samantha Alvarez Madrazo3m
Meet the Team (Optional): Lisa Danquah3m
Meet the Team (Optional): Helen Skirrow2m
Introduction to the course3m
An introduction to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)3m
WASH: The right to clean water3m
WASH: Working towards universal sanitation2m
WASH: Hygiene and hand washing3m
SHEWA-B: WASH in Bangladesh5m
Unintended consequences: Hepatitis C in Egypt4m
Practitioner interview: Working in WASH5m
12 lecturas
About Imperial College London & the FPHP Team5m
How to be successful in this course5m
Grading policy5m
Glossary5m
The importance of water and sanitation15m
Conclusions on WASH10m
Vectors, pathogens and microbiology10m
Waterborne and foodborne diseases10m
The terminology of infection5m
Transmission and infection in communicable disease10m
Intervention opportunities10m
Conclusion2m
2 ejercicios de práctica
Pathogens and disease15m
Dynamics and control of infectious diseases15m
3 horas para completar
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 horas para completar
7 videos (Total 25 minutos), 10 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
7 videos
Vaccine preventable disease4m
Vaccines in childhood5m
Health protection outbreak scenario: Introduction59s
Health protection outbreak scenario: Conclusion2m
Vulnerability in communicable disease5m
Conclusion to the module1m
10 lecturas
Welcome to the module3m
Vaccinology and key terminology5m
The global impact of vaccinations15m
The MMR controversy and the anti-vaccination movement10m
Conclusions on vaccination10m
Defining and detecting outbreaks10m
Notification of infectious disease and case definitions5m
Public health actions10m
Outbreak response to norovirus10m
An overview of incident mangement10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Health protection in practice30m
3 horas para completar
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 horas para completar
5 videos (Total 24 minutos), 6 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
5 videos
Air quality in London6m
Air quality in industrialising countries4m
Fukushima and the public health impacts4m
Conclusions to the course2m
6 lecturas
An introduction to strategic health protection10m
Air quality work in the European Union10m
An introduction to CBRNe10m
Fukushima and long term health consequences10m
Major incidents and emergency planning10m
Course 5: The Emerging Public Health Practitioner10m
Comienza a trabajar para obtener tu maestría
Este curso es parte del Global Master of Public Health completamente en línea de Imperial College London.
Si eres aceptado en el programa completo, tus cursos cuentan para tu título.
Acerca de Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a world top ten university with an international reputation for excellence in science, engineering, medicine and business. located in the heart of London. Imperial is a multidisciplinary space for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle global challenges.
Imperial students benefit from a world-leading, inclusive educational experience, rooted in the College’s world-leading research. Our online courses are designed to promote interactivity, learning and the development of core skills, through the use of cutting-edge digital technology.
Acerca de Programa especializado 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.
Preguntas Frecuentes
¿Cuándo podré acceder a las lecciones y tareas?
Una vez que te inscribes para obtener un Certificado, tendrás acceso a todos los videos, cuestionarios y tareas de programación (si corresponde). Las tareas calificadas por compañeros solo pueden enviarse y revisarse una vez que haya comenzado tu sesión. Si eliges explorar el curso sin comprarlo, es posible que no puedas acceder a determinadas tareas.
¿Qué recibiré si me suscribo a este Programa especializado?
Cuando te inscribes en un curso, obtienes acceso a todos los cursos que forman parte del Programa especializado y te darán un Certificado cuando completes el trabajo. Se añadirá tu Certificado electrónico a la página Logros. Desde allí, puedes imprimir tu Certificado o añadirlo a tu perfil de LinkedIn. Si solo quieres leer y visualizar el contenido del curso, puedes auditar el curso sin costo.
¿Cuál es la política de reembolsos?
¿Hay ayuda económica disponible?
¿Tienes más preguntas? Visita el Centro de Ayuda al Alumno.
