Fundamentals of Health Protection

The Health Protection Foundation Skills programme introduces the core skills needed for people working in health protection teams. It supports staff to protect individuals, groups and communities from infectious diseases and non-infectious public health threats such as chemical, radiation and environmental hazards. The programme consists of four elearning sessions.

Intended audience 

This programme is for people working in regional health protection teams, including: 

• New team members 

• Health protection practitioners 

• Specialist registrars 

• Staff involved in risk assessment and incident response 

Key areas covered 

The sessions cover: 

• Introduction to health protection 
  The roles and responsibilities of health protection teams and the principles used to assess and respond to public health threats. 

• Core principles of infectious disease transmission 
  Key ideas and frameworks for how infections spread, using the 3Ds of epidemiology: Determinants, Dynamics and Distribution. 

• Health protection case investigation and response 
  How to assess infectious disease risks and apply the right prevention and control measures. 

• Core principles of infectious disease outbreak management 
  How outbreaks are investigated and managed using the principles of disease transmission.