Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Competencies - Population Aging
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 Population Aging will be able to:
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MPH-POPA1:Explain the obstacles to, or facilitators of, improved older adult outcomes and population aging outcomes;
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MPH-POPA2: Compare the experience of aging in the United States with the experience of aging outside the United States;
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MPH-POPA3: Analyze interventions or policies to improve population aging outcomes (physical health, mental health, well-being, morbidity, mortality, etc.);
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MPH-POPA4: Analyze the effects of inequality at birth and adverse childhood experiences on population aging outcomes;
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MPH-POPA5: Analyze treatments and interventions to improve end-of-life outcomes; and
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MPH-POPA6: Use theories of aging in the analysis and evaluation of current health care issues.
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