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MSc - Master of Science
Coventry (Main Campus)
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Suitable for professionals or graduates, this course aims to develop your expertise in public health to address global challenges and enhance community wellbeing. It should also advance your career and professional development in health promotion, policy and research. Examine global public health challenges, including health inequalities and disease prevention. Gain practical skills in health data analysis, programme evaluation and policy development. Develop skills to design and implement impactful public health initiatives. Why you should study this course Comprehensive expertise: develop advanced knowledge of nutrient functions, metabolism and nutritional assessment for diverse populations and life stages. Focus on behavioural and social determinants: learn to analyse health inequalities, behavioural factors and communication strategies to design impactful lifestyle interventions. Global and systemic perspectives: explore the complexities of global food systems and their effects on health, equipping you to address challenges in both local and global contexts. Practical and research skills: gain hands-on experience in data analysis, ethical research and intervention design through your independent research module. Gain practical experience: boost your CV with an additional professional placement.
This module introduces and considers public health nutrition approaches to disease prevention. You will have the opportunity to critically review nutrition and lifestyle factors and how they may contribute to disease and evaluate preventative strategies targeted towards nutritional and lifestyle interventions. You will have the chance to critically review group / population based nutritional interventions, nutritional screening and nutrient based or food based nutritional standards / guidelines and their suitability for population based disease prevention.
Successful completion of this module introduces you to potential opportunities to influence public health nutrition and engage with the public through media and by making an impact in the retail and service industry. It aims to achieve this through using journalism as a channel of communication and by encouraging you to use your entrepreneurial skills to explore creating and bringing to life a new business idea.
The aim of this module is for you to have the chance to critically evaluate and explore solutions to complex, inter-related, multi-faceted issues that can be found in a variety of organisations and professional contexts. The module will involve working with other students across disciplines to facilitate an appreciation of how different sectors solve internal issues and how different sectors can learn and adopt or adapt solutions from other fields. International, cultural, and ethical issues will underpin the practical and theoretical developments on the module coupled with the principles of consultancy and the theories and practices found in leadership. Successful completion of the module will engage you in wide ranging debates and problem solving exercises using examples from real life issues.
This module allows you the opportunity to consider and critically evaluate policy decisions that drive public health nutrition actions. The consideration of social determinants of health and how policy contributes to health equity or inequality will be examined. You will explore how to plan and conduct health needs assessments (with nutrition focus) and how to include hard to reach groups in this process.
This dissertation module is designed to allow you the opportunity to undertake an in-depth individual study in an area of interest relevent to your practice which will demonstrate research at an advanced level. The study will be supervised but independently undertaken. Within the study you will be expected to demonstrate understanding of the research process including ethical, theoretical and methodological issues associated with the subject and demonstrate critical evaluation. It aims to build on the foundation provided by previous modules on the course.
The aim of this module is to give you the chance to stretch your understanding beyond nutritional requirements based on physiological need, to explore the impact of cultural, social, psychological, religious and spiritual needs on eating behaviour and nutritional intake. Concepts relating to food choice and theories of behaviour change will be considered and applied to the role of nutritional practice with individuals and within public health.
The focus of this module is to provide an overview of the key approaches to designing practice healthcare research. It will consider the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research and critically appraise different design and methodological approaches used in health, social sciences and their related fields of practice. The module will give you the opportunity to develop your ability to prepare a detailed research proposal relevent to your field of academic study, area of professional practice or service improvement area. The importance of ethical, social, legal, political and economic aspects of research studies will be considered.
This module is designed to provide you with the opportunity to develop a comprehensive knowledge and critical understanding of the science of human nutrition and metabolism. Concepts of nutrient/dietary adequacy and dietary guideline development will be critically considered and an international perspective will be used to critically explore dietary guidelines and nutrient requirements through the lifecycle.
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