Open AccessEducating Public Health Professionals for an Unknown Future: Insights from a New Bachelor Programme Linking Health Promotion and Sustainable Development
Author(s) -
Glória Macassa,
Anne-Sofie Hiswåls,
Nader Ahmadi,
Cormac McGrath
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
research in health science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2470-6213
pISSN - 2470-6205
DOI - 10.22158/rhs.v2n2p70
Subject(s) - bachelor , health promotion , sustainable development , public health , population health , promotion (chess) , health professionals , public relations , health care , medicine , political science , business , environmental health , nursing , politics , law
This paper aims to provide a description of the new bachelor programme “Health Promotion through Sustainable Development”, which started in autumn 2016 at the University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Working Life. The programme was built integrating public health and biology through a thread of health promotion and sustainable development across the three years of study. In the era of sustainable development and more complex health threats, future public health professionals need to be equipped with the right knowledge and skills that will enable them to promote a sustainable population health.