Public Health Leadership for Sustainability

This course offers an overview of the relationship between health, the health sector and the climate and ecological crises, describing impacts but also the enormous potential public health benefits of sustainable transformation. Drawing on real-life examples, the course explores the role of public health in helping to achieve this, how to incorporate environmental sustainability into public health programmes and hone advocacy, partnership working and strategy development skills.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

1. Describe the risks the global environmental crisis presents to public health and healthcare systems.
2. Understand mitigation and adaptation efforts and their potential health co-benefits.
3. Identify carbon hotspots and understand the basic principles of carbon footprinting and sustainability in quality improvement.
4. Recognise what is distinctive about leadership in sustainability.
5. Plan and appraise service developments with reference to the triple bottom line of sustainable value.
6. Apply the principles of sustainable development planning a sustainability project (or incorporating sustainability into an existing project) in your workplace. 

Course Structure

This course is delivered in three parts:

1. Self-study online
2. Live workshop online
3. Ongoing Mentoring