Competency information
Details
Research the evidence for the need for your chosen public health policy.
Considerations
- How the knowledge base is used to identify current key issues in public health and inform policy.
- Introduction to key sources of public health data.
- Measures of health, including burden of disease and mortality.
- Health needs assessment.
- Evaluation of public health policy and practice.
- Roles of organisations such as National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Cochrane.
- How global policies and initiatives influence UK public health policies.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Select and analyse a public health policy using the UK public health framework and critically appraise the knowledge base underpinning the development of the policy. |