Certificate in Environmental Health
- Lusaka, Zambia
- Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Texila American University offers a Certificate in Environmental Health that examines how environmental, agent and host factors cause, prevent and control disease in populations. The course covers health, disease, environment, behavior and risk; major environmental and occupational risks; home-environment safety; and applied aspects of environmental and occupational health. Keywords: environmental health, public health, occupational hygiene, epidemiology.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can move into roles such as environmental health technician, occupational hygienist, public health officer, or work in NGOs, government health agencies, private industry, environmental consultancy and research support, community health programs, emergency response, workplace safety training roles and opportunities.
This course is a study of the environment and provides the learner with the opportunity to understand the dynamics of how environmental factors integrate with agent and host factors in the causation, prevention and control of disease in human populations.
- Introduce the concepts of health, disease, environment, behavior and risk
- Describe major environmental risks
- Describe the main health risks at work
- Discuss the determinants of home environment safety
- Explain applied aspects of environmental and occupational health
