The program aims to build understanding of core concepts of health promotion in participants and its application in designing, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programs.
Entry requirements
Graduate in relevant subject with 1 year experience.
Selection Process
Selection on the basis of their academic, personal, relevant graduation subjects and extracurricular abilities.
Course structure and modules
The total duration of the course is One Year and it’s an online eLearning program.
The initial 8 months of this course are assigned to learning core concepts of health promotion:
Basic public health skills: epidemiology, biostatistics and critical appraisal of scientific literature
History, theories and models of health promotion and behavior change
Planning, Developing and Implementing Health Promotion
Methodologies/ tools involved for evaluating health promotion programmes and policies
In addition to the core concepts, PGPHP students can choose any one ‘elective learning’ option during next 3 months:
Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases
Tobacco Control
Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A)
Oral Health
Employment Sectors
Laboratories, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Biomedical Companies, Health Centres, Biotechnology Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, NGO, Public Health Sector, International Developmental Organisations
