The department is engaged in research and teaching wihtin a range of fields related to public health and primary health care.

Important areas of interest are among others:

• The study of prevalence of healthrelated issues in the population
• The identification of causes for disease in the population as specified by age, gender, work factors, social factors, etc
• The study of the public health system, and how society deals with health issues
• The study of how individuals deal with illness and poor health
• The evaluation of preventive health measures designed to promote good health