With a core focus on the in-depth methods and approaches to quantitative and qualitative research, this course will help you gain the essential skills to progress your studies or become a working researcher in the field of societal health and wellbeing.
Throughout this course you will study topics like:
-the social science underpinning the development of effective interventions, strategies, and policies aimed at sustainable improvements in health and wellbeing, and reducing physical and psychological health inequalities
-the interdisciplinary links between social, biological and environmental factors and individual health behaviours, choices, and outcomes
-contemporary issues related to modifiable disease risk behaviours, and the determinants and correlates of these lifestyle behaviours across the lifespan
-the skills and processes required to translate scientific research into practical health and well-being applications
you’ll enhance your understanding of the techniques used in the analysis of large-scale data and how to effectively present key insights and findings.
This course is designed to provide high-quality training to potential doctoral students, as well as essential research skills that are desirable in a number of private and public sector roles.