With this 100% online Postgraduate diploma, you will design the most advanced strategies to increase the population's awareness on how to protect their health and environment”

The growing concern about the impact of climate change and environmental pollution on health has led to a more integrative approach to public health. Given their accessibility and responsibility in society, pharmacists are key players in the implementation of strategies to mitigate its consequences. These professionals can contribute both to the promotion of people's general wellbeing and to environmental protection through their participation in environmental health policies. Likewise, Pharmacy personnel play a key role in educating their clients on the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.

In this scenario, TECH implements a revolutionary Postgraduate diploma in Public and Environmental Health. The academic itinerary will delve into the Salutogenesis approach, which will enable pharmacists to provide care that promotes comprehensive and sustained health. Likewise, the syllabus will analyze different situations of vulnerability, such as cases of gender violence, ensuring that graduates will provide highly individualized counseling. In line with this, the didactic materials will delve into atmospheric pollution, providing control strategies and giving professionals techniques to communicate risks to the population.

On the other hand, TECH will provide pharmacists with a 100% online Virtual Campus, tailored to the needs of working professionals who want to advance their careers. It also relies on the Relearning methodology, based on the repetition of key concepts to fix knowledge and facilitate learning. In this way, the combination of flexibility and a robust pedagogical approach makes it highly accessible. All this will be accessible remotely, from any portable device, or can be downloaded for offline consultation. Graduates will also have access to various multimedia resources, including explanatory videos and interactive summaries, among others.

You will have all the support of TECH, the largest online academic institution in the world with the latest educational technology at your disposal"

This Postgraduate diploma in Public and Environmental Health contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical case studies presented by experts in 
• Public Health and Health Management
• The graphic, schematic, and practical content with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

You will delve into the potential of e-Health to improve medication adherence”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the field who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Are you looking to incorporate into your practice the most creative techniques to design health promotion campaigns? Achieve it through this program in only 540 hours"

Thanks to TECH's revolutionary Relearning methodology, you will integrate all the knowledge in an optimal way to successfully achieve the results you are looking for"

Thanks to this Postgraduate diploma, pharmacists will stand out for their solid understanding of how environmental factors affect health and how they can contribute to mitigate them. Similarly, graduates will acquire skills to design health promotion programs that contribute to reducing the incidence of preventable diseases and improving the quality of life of the population. In tune with this, professionals will develop strategies to guarantee the adequate use of medicines and reduce the environmental impact of pharmaceutical products.

You will develop advanced strategies to ensure access to and appropriate use of medicines, considering their environmental impact”

General Objectives

• Develop a broad and comprehensive conceptual framework of the situation, challenges and needs of Public Health in the 21st century
• Examine the international and global framework of Public Health policies
• Determine the key factors for a correct communication in health crisis: crisis communication and communication crisis
• Identify the theoretical and methodological framework for evaluation in Public Health
• Identify the steps to be followed for disease assessment using epidemiological data
• Compile the research methodology related to disease surveillance
• Identify the main risk and protective factors in communicable and noncommunicable diseases
• Analyze the importance of quality assessment of intervention studies
• Develop the fundamentals of clinical epidemiology, measurement of frequency and distribution of diseases
• Critically evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of clinical interventions, pharmacological treatments, surgical interventions and prevention strategies
• Fundamentals of the principles of the epidemiological method
• Fundamentals of the principles of health promotion, social determinants of health, health-related behavioral theories, and strategies to promote healthy lifestyles and environments
• Analyze the main health risks for different vulnerable groups
• Implement a holistic and integrative vision in the impact assessment of environmental risks on health protection

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Health Promotion and Evaluation

• Analyze the relationship between literacy and health, identifying how health literacy can improve population health outcomes
• Collaborate with health institutions and organizations to integrate health literacy into public health policies and programs
• Identify and understand the main concepts and rationale of Salutogenesis as a health promotion approach
• Compare different models of health assets to understand how individual and collective resources and capabilities influence health and well-being
• Encourage networking and interdisciplinary collaboration between professionals from health, social services, education and other sectors
• Raise awareness of the importance of community participation, empowerment and health equity as fundamental principles for improving quality of life
• Promote critical reflection on health policies and programs at the community and primary care levels
• Analyze the ethical framework and the principles of equity in community intervention programs in Public Health

Module 2. Public Health in Situations of Vulnerability

• Analyze the main health risks for children and adolescents, as well as measures to avoid them
• Examine the influence of gender on health and well-being
• Substantiate the factors that influence the health of workers in any field
• Establish the health needs and challenges in different multicultural contexts
• Promote and maintain functional capacity for well-being in old age
• Compile the factors affecting mental health and to improve its promotion, prevention and treatment
• Identify the developmental implications and the economic, social and medical consequences of the global burden of malnutrition
• Examine the health needs and challenges of migrants and in the event of humanitarian crises and health emergencies

Module 3. Environmental Health

• Substantiate the interrelationship of health with its environmental determinants, to apply cross-cutting approaches, such as One Health
• Analyze the most significant risks of contaminants in drinking water and to establish the fundamental measures to ensure their contribution to the population
• Identify the hazards arising from the use of recreational waters and analyze the preventive measures necessary for the safe use of recreational waters
• Examine the main preventive measures to avoid the conditions that favor the colonization, multiplication and dispersion of Legionella
• Substantiate the risk and impact of vectors and the diseases they transmit, in order to develop and establish control strategies and means of control
• Analyze the exposure to natural radioactivity, specifying actions to reduce exposure to radon 

This academic itinerary is exclusive to TECH and you will be able to develop it at your own pace thanks to its 100% online Relearning methodology"