A History of Public Health in Post-War Britain (FutureLearn)

What topics will you cover?

- How the meaning and scope of public health has changed in Britain over the last 70 years

- The nature of public health services and their shifting relationship to local government and the National Health Service

- Individual responsibility for public health

- How chronic disease became a key challenge for public health

- The persistence of infectious disease and the appearance of new conditions like HIV/AIDS

- Socioeconomic status and its impact on public health

- Health education techniques, tactics and effectiveness

- Attempts to use regulations to improve public health

- The limits of public health, its successes and failures over time.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Explore the different definitions of public health and describe how these developed over the post-war period

- Identify the structures, organisations and individuals that put public health into practice

- Reflect on the challenges faced by public health in post-war Britain

- Evaluate the different solutions put forward to address public health problems in post-war Britain

- Interpret contemporary public health structures, challenges and solutions alongside their historical context