公共卫生是一个广泛的领域，通常涉及通过采取对人口或整个社区水平有影响的行动来改善健康和福祉。澳大利亚目前在公共卫生方面的优先事项是减少不同人群之间的卫生差距，并积极影响在决定总体卫生结果方面发挥作用的社会，经济，物理和生物学因素。公共卫生从业人员是卫生专业人员，他们具有帮助个人和社区更好地控制自己的健康和福祉以及以使所有人都享有更好健康的方式影响组织和政治环境所需的技能。
Public health is a broad field which aims to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of the general population As a public health practitioner you can make a real difference to the lives of local national and international communities Public health practitioners help individuals and communities to have greater control over their health and wellbeing and to influence organisational and political environments in ways that lead to better health for all They work across the lifespan including the early years child and adolescent health and healthy aging to support population health We realise that public health is such a broad area which is why this graduate diploma offers a variety of elective units to allow you to specialise in an area of interest The course can also be used as a pathway into the Master of Public Health helping you to further develop your public health knowledgeCourse learning outcomesCommunicate advanced public health knowledge concepts and ideas to a variety of audiencesApply cognitive technical and interpretative skills to investigate and evaluate complex psychosocial and health issues in authentic situationsDemonstrate high level independent judgement and analytical skills by critiquing comprehensive public health initiatives