Two people with the same diagnosis, treated in two different neighbourhoods, can have very different health outcomes – not because of the disease itself, but because of income, education, housing, and access to care. The Where You Live Shapes How Long You Live: Public Health Fundamentals Training Course, offered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, starts from that reality of health inequity before building outward into the full scope of public health practice.

The course covers what public health actually encompasses, epidemiology and prevention in practice, turning policy into effective public health programmes, communicating ethically during health crises, and the environmental and legal frameworks that shape health outcomes. It closes with public health research and the global health initiatives tackling these challenges at scale.

Who Should Attend / Target Audience

• Healthcare providers seeking insight into health promotion and disease prevention.
• Public health professionals working in agencies, NGOs, and government bodies.
• Health administrators and managers in healthcare delivery and hospital management.
• Health researchers, academics, and policy makers focused on health equity.
• Students and new graduates in public health, medicine, or health sciences.

Knowledge and Benefits:

Specific course objectives include enabling participants to:

• Explain how social determinants of health drive inequity across populations.
• Apply epidemiological methods and biostatistics to assess health risks.
• Design and evaluate public health programmes and interventions.
• Communicate public health messages ethically, including during crises.
• Understand how environmental factors and public health law shape outcomes.

Module 1: Why Where You Live Determines How Long You Live

• The impact of income, education, and living conditions on health outcomes.
• Addressing healthcare disparities through inclusive public health interventions.
• Community-based strategies to reduce the impact of health disparities.

Module 2: What Public Health Actually Covers

• History, principles, and role of public health in improving population health.
• How health systems are structured globally and how they support community health.
• Major global health challenges: infectious disease, chronic disease, and disparities.

Module 3: Epidemiology and Prevention in Practice

• Key epidemiological methods: data collection, surveillance, and study design.
• Using biostatistics to assess health risk and evaluate interventions.
• Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, including immunisation and screening.

Module 4: Turning Policy Into Public Health Programmes

• The health policy process, from design to implementation.
• Designing, implementing, and evaluating public health programmes.
• Health advocacy strategies for influencing policy and community engagement.

Module 5: Communicating Public Health Ethically

• Ethical issues in public health: informed consent, confidentiality, and equity.
• The role of health communication in promoting public health initiatives.
• Communication strategies for health crises such as pandemics and vaccination drives.

Module 6: Environment, Law, and the Rules That Shape Health

• The role of air quality, water safety, and urban planning in health outcomes.
• Laws and regulations governing health policy and public health infrastructure.
• How environmental health intersects with public health law in practice.

Module 7: Research and the Global Public Health Agenda

• The role of research in improving public health and health systems.
• Epidemiological research and biostatistics in real-world application.
• Global initiatives addressing infectious disease, chronic disease, and maternal health.