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• Ensuring greater academic RECOGNITION on the global stage.

• Promoting TRANSFERABILITY of public health education & training.

• Increasing EMPLOYABILITY of public health graduates.

• Attesting the QUALITY of Public Health Workforce training.

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# Core Curriculum Areas

The curriculum contents of the programmes throughout Europe are expected to include a range of disciplines or content. The content should ensure that students are exposed to a fully modern and comprehensive public health curriculum.

The Core areas outlined in the table are derived by research conducted through an ASPHER working group on core competencies. This work outlines a series of competencies which are associated with each of the core areas. The document can be downloaded here and also found on the research pages.

CORE SUBJECT AREAS | CURRICULUM COMPETENCES & LEARNING AREAS
A. Introduction | Introduction and/or essentials in public health
B. Methods in public health | Epidemiological methods, Biostatistical methods, Qualitative research methods, Survey methods
C. Population health and its determinants | Environmental sciences (including physical, chemical and biological factors), Communicable disease, Non-communicable disease, Occupational health, Social and behavioural sciences, Health risk assessment, Health inequalities along social gradient
D. Health policy, economics, and management | Economics, Healthcare systems planning, Organisation and management, Health policy, Financing health services, Health programme evaluation, Health targets
E. Health education and promotion | Health education, Health promotion, Health protection and regulation, Disease prevention
F. Other/Cross-disciplinary th emes (mandatory or elective courses) | Biology for public health, Law, Ethics, Ageing, Nutrition, Maternal and child health, Mental health, Demography, IT use, Health informatics, Leadership and decision- making, Social psychology, Global public health, Marketing, Communication and advocacy, Health anthropology, Human rights, Programme planning and development, Public health genomics, Technology assessment
G. Integrating Experience, practicum/Internship/ final project /thesis/ dissertation/exam /memoire | Supervised by faculty (full time and/or adjunct)
X. Other / additional competences and learning areas | Inclusion of competences not included in the list above but which are used by applicants. These can be discipline related or "soft" / transferable skills for example. They can apply to all curriculum/module and integrating experience elements.