CPD Violence Prevention, Reduction and Public Health | Level 7 (Postgraduate)

Course aim Violence is a continuing problem in modern society. The public health approach to Violence Prevention developed by the World Health Organisation underpins this CPD. It aims to provide learners with the public health skills and knowledge to devise, plan and initiate a violence reduction project in the workplace or community.

Learners will develop their ability to strengthen the capability of front-line staff through a combination of taught sessions, action learning, and guided project design. Partnership working will be encouraged with other learners who have responsibility for violence reduction in a variety of roles and learners will be expected to act as advocates for violence reduction within and outside their own organisations. LJMU’s Violence and Unintentional Injury Unit is an accredited World Health Organisation collaborating centre.

Course content This course is currently undergoing its scheduled programme review, which may impact the advertised modules. Programme review is a standard part of the University’s approach to quality assurance and enhancement, enabling us to ensure that our courses remain up to date and maintain their high standard and relevancy. Once the review is completed, this course website page will be updated to reflect any approved changes to the advertised course.

These approved changes will also be communicated to those who apply for the course to ensure they wish to proceed with their application. During this 20 week course you will examine violence as a public health issue from different disciplinary perspectives. You will be introduced to epidemiological principles related to understanding violence and the impact of adverse childhood experiences.

This is followed by a critical examination of key issues, including: young people and safeguarding; bullying, self-harm and suicide awareness; ACEs and trauma informed practice; protecting staff and patients in NHS settings; domestic violence awareness; restorative justice principles and practice; project and proposal writing. "The programme has had a significant and positive influence on both my own professional practice and the wider work of our Security Team. Both myself and members of my team, who also completed the course, have adapted our working practices and introduced meaningful changes across several of our workstreams, many of which stem directly from the projects we developed during the CPD." - Graduate testimonial "What I learned through the CPD has been invaluable. It helps me every day and has encouraged me to continue to gather more knowledge around the subject.

The CPD helps me be a subject matter expert and I am able to put a public health approach on the initiatives that I set up and can look at how to better support staff around violence." - Graduate testimonial

Teaching and learning

Unit 1 (September - November 2026, half a day per week): A lecture series will develop your knowledge of the impact of violence on health and critically review