The unit aims to develop your critical understanding and knowledge of:

What public health research is, its importance and uses

What health-related systematic reviews are and how to produce them in a rigorous fashion (including understanding narrative analyses and meta- analyses)

The importance of research questions and how they are constructed

What quantitative research is the types of quantitative research designs available to health researchers and the key concerns associated with quantitative research

Qualitative and quantitative data analysis

How to construct a research proposal

How to disseminate and publish health research

The importance of ethics in health related research and key ethical issues to critically consider

To facilitate an understanding of the key principles of public health and the public health policies the shape the way in which public health issues might be addressed.

To foster critical understanding of the principles policies and issues that have impacted on the way in which public health is currently addressed in the UK and internationally.

To develop skills in critical analysis and evaluation of policy and practice and he underlying evidence base.

To facilitate an understanding of the key principle of public health and the public health policies.