Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)
Competencies - Global Public Health
Each concentration identifies competencies for each degree offered. These competencies reflect the full range of knowledge, skills, and other attributes that a student will acquire as a result of completing the requirements for a particular degree.
Upon graduation, a student completing the M.P.H. curriculum in global public health will be able to:
- evaluate determinants of global public health in a range of context based on the five major public health perspectives: systems and policies, epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, or health education and behavioral science;
- examine economic, educational, political, sociocultural, environmental, ecological and biological conditions that represent obstacles to attaining global health;
- describe how management of global health programs is influenced by international organizational, regulatory, or ethical frameworks;
- explain the global standards for the protection of human subjects in diverse cultural settings
- analyze causes of morbidity and/or mortality in major regions of the world and how they are affected by demographic, sociocultural, biological or occupational and environmental factors; and
- apply global perspectives to public health education, research, or practice.
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