This stream provides students with a sound understanding of the theoretical and empirical basis of health promotion, and equips them with the conceptual and practical skills to design and evaluate health promotion policies and programmes. Health promotion draws on ideas from sociology, psychology, anthropology, education, epidemiology and other disciplines to understand how the global health of populations can be maintained and strengthened.
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Objectives
By the end of this stream, students should be able to demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of the core disciplines of public health, consisting of: statistics; epidemiology; health economics; and social research, to real health problems. In addition, they should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principal theories, methods and interventions used in health promotion
- understand the development of the discipline of health promotion in the UK and internationally
- assess the appropriate use of population-wide versus targeted health promotion interventions
- formulate health promotion policy and practice that is relevant to varying needs in diverse contexts
- be able to appraise and communicate research evidence
- apply the knowledge and analytical skills gained to inform health promotion policy-making, programme planning, implementation and evaluation.
Programme specification - showing which elements of the course support and achieve the various objectives.
Term 1: Students take a total of six modules as follows:
Compulsory Modules: students intending to follow this stream must take Health Promotion Theory, in addition to the Public Health common core: Basic Epidemiology; Basic Statistics for Public Health & Policy; Introduction to Health Economics; and Principles of Social Research; plus
Recommended Modules: one of the following: Environment, Health & Sustainable Development; Health Policy, Process & Power; Health Services; Issues in Public Health.
In addition students may attend the following non-assessed modules: Introduction to Computing; and the Global Health Lecture Series.
Terms 2 and 3: Students take a total of five modules, one from each timetable slot. Where only one module is shown this is compulsory.
C1: Health Promotion Approaches and Methods.
C2: Conflict and Health; Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies; Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco; Family Planning Programmes; Qualitative Methodologies; Statistical Methods in Epidemiology; Analytical Models for Decision Making; Epidemiology & Control of Malaria; Health Systems.
D1: Communicable Disease Control in Developed & Middle Income Countries; Current Issues in Safe Motherhood & Perinatal Health; Economic Evaluation; Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases; History & Health; Medical Anthropology in Public Health; Population, Poverty & Environment; Social Epidemiology; Sociological Approaches to Health; Tropical Environmental Health.
D2: Environmental Epidemiology; Epidemiology & Control of Communicable Diseases; Ethics, Public Health & Human Rights; Globalisation & Health; Global Mental Health; Reviewing the Literature; Sexual Health.
E: Integrating Module: Health Promotion.
By arrangement, students may be able to substitute specified Distance Learning (DL) modules for up to two modules in certain timetable slots. Any such substitutions will need to be discussed with the MSc Course Director. Full details are contained in the MSc Course Handbook.
Further details for the course modules can be found here.
Project Report
All students complete a relevant research project.
Please see the MSc Public Health overview page for further details.
Entrance Requirements
A student must normally satisfy the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine general entrance requirements and the additional programme specific entrance requirements as follows:
The normal minimum entrance qualification for registration at the School on a Masters programme is at least one of the following:
• a second-class honours degree of a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a subject appropriate to that of the course of study to be followed
• a registerable qualification appropriate to the course of study to be followed, in medicine, dentistry or veterinary studies
Additional preferred requirement for the MSc Public Health:
• preference will be given to applicants with relevant work experience
Applications with an appropriate technical qualification, or equivalent qualification and experience from overseas, are also welcomed.
Any student who does not meet the minimum entry requirement above but who has relevant professional experience may still be eligible for admission. They should contact the Registry who can assess their eligibility to apply.
Application for London-based Study
Application for Masters degrees in London must be made using the School's MSc Application Forms.
Application for Research degrees (MPhil/PhD or DrPH) and for occasional research study in London must be made using the School's Research Application Forms.
Instructions on how to complete these forms and an outline of the application process are available with the relevant Application Forms.
The MSc and Research Application Packs are also available from: The Registry, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7299 4646 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7299 4656 E-mail: registry@lshtm.ac.uk).School scholarships
Masters Courses
Applicants wishing to be considered for School scholarships are advised to apply by 1 March 2012. Please note that this is not a closing date. Although we accept applications all year round, other applicants are also advised to apply before this date as courses can become full rapidly. While early application is encouraged, late applications are always considered until all places on the course have been filled. All applicants should be able to start the course on the first day of the academic year, 24 September 2012.
All Masters courses are offered on a part-time basis over two years. Students interested in part-time study should contact the appropriate Course Organiser, via the Registry, to discuss course requirements and likely timetables, and should read the Masters degree information.
There are two ways of undertaking part-time study:
1) attending part-time throughout the two years: Students need to be available for up to four or five half days every week for 27 weeks per year. Evidence may be required to prove that applicants are able to commit this minimum period of time to their study
2) attending full-time for modules in the first two terms in Year 1 (September-March), and undertaking third term modules, exams and project in Year 2 (April - September). Such an option may be attractive to applicants who are unable to be released from employment for a continuous twelve-month period. This option is called split study.
All courses commence on 24 September 2012 and last one year for full-time study or two years for part-time study.
