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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences : Public Health Research

Postgraduate Course: Developing and Evaluating Complex Public Health Interventions (PUHR11057)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryPublic health interventions require robust and relevant development and evaluation methods. This module will be relevant to Master students who are involved in, or who would like to learn about the development or evaluation of public health interventions, and a range of methods for evaluating these, both experimental and non-experimental.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
The main learning objectives of this course will be to understand and demonstrate:

1) The differences between simple, complex and complicated public health interventions and the importance of causality

2) The main phases in intervention development

3) The relationship between development and evaluation of interventions

4) Different approaches to evaluation including novel approaches such as realist evaluation and natural experiments

5) When to use the different evaluation approaches
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL https://www.ed.ac.uk/molecular-genetic-population/mph/on-campus
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsPublic health,complex intervention,evaluation
Contacts
Course organiserDr Margaret Callaghan
Tel:
Email: Margaret.Callaghan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Charlotte Munden
Tel: (0131 6)51 318
Email: cmunden2@ed.ac.uk
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