PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION
The qualification equips learners with the abilities to
recognize community requirements and devise both immediate and extended
strategies to enhance and rejuvenate communities. Students are also equipped to
adeptly handle interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges,
including designing new parks, providing housing for the homeless, and enhancing
a region's appeal to businesses.
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After finishing the program, student will have the ability to:
- Â Increase awareness
of the techniques and strategies used to enhance community health and
development.
- Acquire essential
skills in this field such as establishing partnerships, conducting community
assessments, problem-solving and goal-setting analysis, strategic planning,
intervention methods, advocacy, evaluation techniques, and sustainable
planning.
- Improve expertise
and proficiency by engaging in supervised practical exercises aimed at tackling
community health and development challenges like substance abuse, chronic
disease prevention, promoting independent living, preventing violence and
injuries, fostering youth development, and enhancing neighborhood growth.
