Public Health Department

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Establishing a research group in the fields of public health in partnership with local and international scientific and research bodies

Mission:
Preparing qualified public health specialists adhered to scientific research standards and community participation to promote public health.

Value:

• Teamwork
• Responsibility
• Transparency
• Precision

Program Goals:

• Preparing trained competencies in public health to meet the needs of the labor market and keep pace with development plans.
• Preparing graduates theoretically and practically and upgrading their technical skills to enable them to continue higher studies.
• To provide graduates with a broad knowledge of important theories and methods of public health and the skills to address community health problems.
• Preparing graduates to conduct research based on scientific grounds in public health.
• Graduating skilled health workers with a commitment to principles, professional capacity, social awareness, and national and international ideas.
• Develop health problem-solving skills.

Fields of the Department of Public Health:

• Epidemiological investigation and control of infectious diseases
• Health Education
• Environmental Health 
• Occupational Health 
• Food and drinking water safety

Community service areas and partnerships for the department

• Participation in national events 
• Participation in international world days
• Partnerships with public health-related bodies
• Health awareness in schools, universities, and institutes 
• Providing training courses through associations and clubs
• Presenting lectures to government and private institutions 
• Participation in healthcare activities with other parties
   

The scope of the department’s scientific research

• Epidemiological studies of infectious diseases
• Epidemiological studies of chronic diseases
• Areas of occupational health
• Nutrition and food safety studies
• Health and safety of water
• Emerging diseases
• Diseases surveillance and Epidemiological investigation
• Health administration and health economics
• Studies of vector behavior and control

• Commitment to high ethical standards, Islamic values, ​​and integrity in the workplace
• The ability to identify the health research needs of the community
• Conducting health research correctly, analyzing it, and benefiting from the results
• The ability to design and deliver health education programs for all segments of society
• The ability to employ the latest technology in health informatics to serve the community in the field of public health
• The ability to communicate and present health services effectively
• Can identify and deal with risks affecting public health from epidemic diseases, Chronic diseases, and occupational diseases efficiently to prevent them.
• Can predict and deal with environmental factors that pose a threat to the health and safety of society
• Able to maintain the health and safety of food and its link to public health

Objectives:

The Public Health Lab is designed to prepare students and provide them with basic public health skills, which are:

• Familiarity with public health concepts, including diagnosing diseases and health problems in the community and how to prevent them.
• Knowing the natural history of epidemic diseases in terms of their nature, the methods of their spread, and how to prevent and control them.
• Surveillance and monitoring of epidemic diseases at local, regional, and international levels to prevent their spread.
• How to deal with vaccination in terms of their nature, schedules, and modes of administration.
• Knowledge of the meaning of aging and how to deal with it, common diseases, and age-related health problems.

Equipment and devices:

• Digital Blood pressure monitor (electronic)
• Sphygmomanometer(mercury) Blood pressure monitor.
• Glucometer (Blood glucose). Urine Testing Kit (Urine).

Applications:

• Demonstrate the methods of measuring blood pressure by using measuring devices.
• Learn how to measure blood sugar using the device.
• Find out how to measure sugar in urine with the device.
• Find out how to calculate incidence and prevalence.
• Learn about the notification system in disease surveillance

In which students are trained in the necessary skills:

• Water safety and its compliance with health standards and requirements and the efficiency of the treatment process.
• Food safety, complying with health requirements, human consumption suitability free biological, chemical, and physical pollutants.
• Nutritional assessment for different age groups, planning healthy meals, calculating nutritional requirements, and using nutritional MyPyramid.

Objectives: Students are provided with the following information

•  Information on the morphology and functions of insects' organs as the largest class of invertebrates.
• Distinguish the orders of different insects based on the displayed morphological information.
• Students learn about the anatomical features of some insects.
• Recognizing the internal and external structures of Insects.

Equipment and devices:

• Multimedia device
• An anatomical microscope
• Optical microscope

Applications:

• Study the shape and structure of the head.
• Study of the thorax (types of leg mutations in the adult phase)
• Study of the abdomen.
• Metamorphosis (examples of non-metamorphic and hypertrophic insects)
• Respiratory system (bronchial orifices and gills

• Plans and Curricula Committee
• Academic Advising and Student Affairs Committee
• Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Committee
• Education Services Committee
• Study Schedules and Examinations Committee
• Development and Quality Committee