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Public Health Science

Public Health is a multidisciplinary art and science that aims to prevent disease, promote health and reduce health related inequalities in society. We offer our students Public Health Science studies on Bachelor and Master level. Our multidisciplinary research include prevention of violence against children, and investigating the importance of environmental factors for children's health and development in the ongoing SELMA study.

Good health among people is a fundamental requirement for a socially sustainable society. Studying Public Health Science involves learning how health is enhanced and why illness occurs and can be prevented. This requires a broad understanding of health - from cell to society level.

Public Health Science at Karlstad University  

At Public Health Science, we work along four main tracks that are integrated in education and research:

  • Children's health and psychosocial factors
  • Importance of environmental factors in early life for children's health and development
  • Medicinal science
  • Educational research

The Public Health education programmes at Karlstad University provide knowledge of how to mobilise human resources at the individual, group and societal levels, which is required for health promotion and prevention efforts that rest on an understanding of vulnerable groups and threats to public health.

Public Health Science offers broad knowledge that is well suited to combine with other university degree programmes and courses as well as ideal for professional development purposes.  

Author: Anna-Sofia Preece
Last update: 2024-10-15

Contact

Head of discipline
Carl-Gustaf Bornehag
Room 21E 121
Telephone: +46 54 700 25 40, +46 70 586 65 65 
E-mail: carl-gustaf.bornehag@kau.se

Administrator
Cristina Ljunggren
Room 21E 133
Telephone +46 54 700 15 14
E-mail: cristina.ljunggren@kau.se

Student counsellor
Anne-Marie Larsen
Room 1B 327
Telephone +46 54 700 12 84
E-mail: anne-marie.larsen@kau.se

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  • Masterprogramme in Health Science: Focus Public Health Science (VAMAS)
  • Public Health Science

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