Students undertaking a Health Promotion and Population Health major will examine how health services (e.g. aged care) and programs (e.g. anti-smoking campaigns) are designed and delivered, their effectiveness, and how they are evaluated and modified to improve service and program outcomes to facilitate community health and prevent disease and disability. Health Promotion and Population Health graduates aim to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups.

Health Promotion and Population Health practitioners work as health promotion practitioners and educators, community health officers, policy officers, program evaluators, project officers and consultants. Typically, work may be found in both public and private sectors including state and federal health departments, population health units, community health centres, divisions of general practice, non-governmental health organisations, and international health agencies.

Students interested in seeking further knowledge and skills in this area may complete an extra Honours year and/or seek enrolment in a postgraduate professional degree program in areas such as public health, community services or business.

Students undertaking this major will examine the roles human behaviour plays in the incidence, prevention and progression of illness, effective strategies to promote a healthy lifestyle through nutrition and physical activity while additionally gaining knowledge of health economics and its use in health care decision-making and health policy. Industry work placements will provide hands-on experience in the evaluation and implementation of health services, programs and policy and ensure that all Health Sciences students are job-ready following graduation.