Child Public Health

Overview

Are you passionate about improving the health, development and wellbeing of all children and young people? Do you want to advocate and influence action for equity in child health and life outcomes at policy, organisational and community levels? 

Child Public Health is a master’s-level subject from The University of Melbourne, available as a professional development program for people from a wide range of disciplines including those who work with children and their families.

In this program, you’ll learn about influences on child public health from an Australian perspective to enhance your expertise in working with children and their families. 

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Why choose Child Public Health?

In the six-day Child Public Health professional development program, experienced researchers, academics, practitioners and policymakers will guide you on how to navigate and respond to contemporary child public health issues.

You'll develop the skills and knowledge to understand and respond to child public health issues, an understanding of factors that influence the health, development and wellbeing of children, and the implications of these factors on the life course.

Using the ecological model as its framework, the program explores contemporary child health issues including:

  • Education and care environments
  • The impact of poverty
  • First Nations considerations
  • Cross-cultural considerations
  • Nutrition
  • Integrated service delivery
  • Child-focused policy development

The program is available to those with an interest in:

  • Children’s health and wellbeing
  • Public health
  • Community child health
  • Community paediatrics

You may wish to do the program as part of your continuing educational qualification or for professional development purposes.

Program outcomes

Through this program, you'll increase your knowledge and understanding of the factors influencing child health and wellbeing in the public health context. You'll also build your capacity to respond effectively to child public health issues in your own community and work environment.

Program objectives 

  • Develop an understanding of factors that influence the health, development and wellbeing of children and the implications of these factors on the life course.
  • Increase your knowledge of the principles underpinning public health approaches to the health, development and wellbeing of children, through exploration of contemporary child public health issues, policy and practice.
  • Gain experience in addressing contemporary child public health issues.

Credit points

Completion of this subject as part of a master’s degree will earn you 12.5 credit points. Refer to The University of Melbourne handbook for details.

Contact us

For all enquiries please email Cathy Archer, Program Administration.