Graduate Diploma of Public Health

The Graduate Diploma of Public Health equips you with the skills needed to investigate, critique and respond to real world population health problems in local and global contexts.

This course is delivered by CDU and the Menzies School of Health Research.

You will be taught by leading Menzies Research professionals in the specialist areas of Indigenous health, global health, public health practice and health research.

You will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in:

epidemiology;

biostatistics;

quantitative and qualitative research methods.

You will learn to analyse and interpret population health information, evaluate and design public health interventions and formulate strategies to address complex health and social issues.

You will apply public health approaches to:

health promotion;

disease control;

health systems;

health policy;

decision making;

the environment and the sustainable development goals.

On completion, you can articulate to the Master of Public Health with the option of undertaking a supervised research project.

Upon graduating, you will be equipped to work in various areas of public health, including professional public health practice;

health policy and planning;

epidemiology;

communicable and chronic disease control;

health research;

community development and aid work, both nationally and internationally.

This course requires you to have a high level of academic reading and writing.

If you are not confident in your academic literacy skills, you are encouraged to fully utilise the University's academic support services.

Core(4 units) - 40cp

Compulsory Core units totalling 50 credit points as detailed below:

PHM516

PHM552

PHM567

PHM588

Specialist Electives(4 units) - 40cp

Specialist Elective units totalling 40 credit points selected from ANY of the following streams.

(Students planning to articulate to a Master of Public Health and complete with a 40cp research project must complete PHM559 as a specialist elective in the Graduate Diploma of Public Health to meet core requirements of both awards.)

Public Health Practice Stream PHM526 Research Design PHM527 Health Research Skills PHM529 Sexual and Reproductive Health PHM536 Health Systems, Planning and Evaluation (title change 2020) PHM553 Biostatistics PHM554 Public Health Economics and Decision Making (title change 2020) PHM559 Health Policy Indigenous Health Stream PHM517 Public Health Anthropology PHM523 Health Promotion PHM524 Clinical Trials PHM525 Indigenous Health Research Global Health Stream PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases PHM592 Global Health PHM593 Tropical Child and Adolescent Health (title change 2020)

Course Total - 80cp

Successful completion of a recognised Bachelor degree or equivalent. Registered nurses who are graduates of a hospital-based program are also eligible for entry.