Programme
Healthier, more resilient communities.
Pending IDIA confirmation
Community Health focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of communities through sustainable development practice. It examines how health, social, economic and environmental factors interact, and how communities can take charge of their own health outcomes.
You learn to assess community needs, design and deliver health promotion programmes, manage community health information systems and coordinate community health strategies, with practical experience through an industrial attachment.
| Unit | Code | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Skills | HE/CU/CH/BC/01/6/A | 40 |
| Numeracy Skills | HE/CU/CH/BC/02/6/A | 60 |
| Digital Literacy | HE/CU/CH/BC/03/6/A | 60 |
| Entrepreneurship Education | HE/CU/CH/BC/04/6/A | 100 |
| Employability Skills | HE/CU/CH/BC/05/6/A | 80 |
| Environmental Literacy | HE/CU/CH/BC/06/6/A | 40 |
| Occupational Safety and Health Practices | HE/CU/CH/BC/07/6/A | 40 |
| Unit | Code | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Programmes | HE/CU/CH/CC/01/6/A | 120 |
| Nutrition in Community Health | HE/CU/CH/CC/02/6/A | 100 |
| Epidemiology in Community Health Works | HE/CU/CH/CC/03/6/A | 100 |
| Human Anatomy and Physiology | HE/CU/CH/CC/04/6/A | 150 |
| Microbiology and Parasitology in Community Health | HE/CU/CH/CC/05/6/A | 120 |
| Unit | Code | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Management of Community Health Care | HE/CU/CH/CR/01/6/A | 120 |
| Community Health Research | HE/CU/CH/CR/02/6/A | 150 |
| Community Health Diagnosis and Partnerships | HE/CU/CH/CR/03/6/A | 150 |
| Community-Based Health Care | HE/CU/CH/CR/04/6/A | 200 |
| Management of Community Health Information Systems | HE/CU/CH/CR/05/6/A | 150 |
| Community Health Linkages | HE/CU/CH/CR/06/6/A | 180 |
| Coordination of Community Healthy Strategies | HE/CU/CH/CR/07/6/A | 180 |
| Management of Gender, Disability and Vulnerable Groups | HE/CU/CH/CR/08/6/A | 150 |
| Unit | Code | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial Attachment | IDIA/ATT/CH/6 | 480 |
| Unit | Code | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Communication skills | HE/CU/CH/BC/01/5/A | 25 |
| Numeracy skills | HE/CU/CH/BC/02/5/A | 40 |
| Digital literacy | HE/CU/CH/BC/03/5/A | 45 |
| Entrepreneurial skills | HE/CU/CH/BC/04/5/A | 70 |
| Employability skills | HE/CU/CH/BC/05/5/A | 50 |
| Environmental literacy | HE/CU/CH/BC/06/5/A | 25 |
| Occupational safety and health practices | HE/CU/CH/BC/07/5/A | 25 |
| Unit | Code | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Nutrition in community health | HE/CU/CH/CC/01/5/A | 100 |
| Epidemiology in community health works | HE/CU/CH/CC/02/5/A | 100 |
| Human anatomy and physiology | HE/CU/CH/CC/03/5/A | 150 |
| Microbiology and parasitology in community health | HE/CU/CH/CC/04/5/A | 120 |
| Unit | Code | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Community health care | HE/CU/CH/CR/01/5/A | 120 |
| Community-based health care | HE/CU/CH/CR/02/5/A | 200 |
| Community health information systems | HE/CU/CH/CR/03/5/A | 150 |
| Community health linkages | HE/CU/CH/CR/04/5/A | 180 |
| Community health Services strategies | HE/CU/CH/CR/05/5/A | 180 |
| Gender, disability and vulnerable groups | HE/CU/CH/CR/06/5/A | 150 |
| Unit | Code | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial attachment | IDIA/ATT/CH/5 | 360 |
Tuition and administrative charges for every programme are on the fees page, with how to pay.
Fees and payment
Diploma · Certificate
Address health at population level: disease prevention and control, health promotion, environmental health and applied research, with fieldwork through Learning Through Service.
Pending IDIA confirmation Explore programme
Certificate · Diploma
Provide essential support in hospitals, clinics, hospices and homes: first aid, infection prevention and control, patient support services and hospital operations.
Pending IDIA confirmation Explore programme
Diploma · Certificate
Support individuals, families and communities through psychosocial support, advocacy, child welfare, crisis response and community empowerment.
Pending IDIA confirmation Explore programmeApply online in a few steps, or talk to the admissions office.