Primary Health Care in Developing Countries

This course is not offered in 2021.

The Graduate Certificate in Primary Health Care in Developing Countries aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to incorporate the principles of primary health care into specific fields of practice in order to reduce inequalities in health care access and health outcomes, with a focus n developing countries.

In Australia, these principles include:

• maximising consumer and community participation to enable individuals and communities to be better informed and to be involved in health care decisions
• encouraging partnerships between health and non-health sectors to ensure full use of resources
• fostering self-management and self-reliance to increase knowledge, skills and confidence in individuals, groups and communities
• promoting health and disease prevention to attain and sustain good health and well-being.

You will graduate fully equipped with the knowledge and skills required to incorporate the principles of primary health care into specific fields of practice. Graduates typically gain employment in areas promoting health and disease prevention, and improving health care access and outcomes in both developing and developed countries. They can go on to gain employment in a number of fields and settings including government departments and nongovernment agencies internationally.

Potential employers include:

• not-for-profits
• government departments
• health organisations.