Competencies

Upon graduation, a student completing the Dr.P.H. curriculum in Leadership, Practice, and Research will be able to:

Data and Analysis

• DrPH-LPR1: Explain qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, and policy analysis research and evaluation methods to address health issues at multiple (individual, group, organization, community, and population) levels;
• DrPH-LPR2: Design a qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, policy analysis, or evaluation project to address a public health issue;
• DrPH-LPR3: Explain the use and limitations of surveillance systems and national surveys in assessing, monitoring, and evaluating policies and programs and to address a population's health;

• DrPH-LPR4: Propose strategies for health improvement and elimination of health inequities by organizing stakeholders, including researchers, practitioners, community leaders, and other partners;
• DrPH-LPR5: Communicate public health science to diverse stakeholders, including individuals at all levels of health literacy, for purposes of influencing behavior and policies;
• DrPH-LPR6: Integrate knowledge, approaches, methods, values, and potential contributions from multiple professions, sectors, and systems in addressing public health problems;
• DrPH-LPR7: Create a strategic plan;
• DrPH-LPR8: Facilitate shared decision making through negotiation and consensus-building methods;
• DrPH-LPR9: Create organizational change strategies;
• DrPH-LPR10: Propose strategies to promote inclusion and equity within public health programs, policies, and systems;
• DrPH-LPR11: Assess one's own strengths and weaknesses in leadership capacities, including cultural proficiency;
• DrPH-LPR12: Propose human, fiscal, and other resources to achieve a strategic goal;
• DrPH-LPR13: Cultivate new resources and revenue streams to achieve a strategic goal;

• DrPH-LPR14: Design a system-level intervention to address a public health issue;
• DrPH-LPR15: Integrate knowledge of cultural value;s and practices in the design of public health policies and programs
• DrPH-LPR16: Integrate scientific information, legal and regulatory approaches, ethical frameworks, and varied stakeholder interests in policy development and analysis;
• DrPH-LPR17: Propose interprofessional and/or intersectoral team approaches to improving public health;

• DrPH-LPR18: Assess an audience's knowledge and learning needs;
• DrPH-LPR19: Deliver training or educational experiences that promote learning in academic, organizational, or community settings;
  
• DrPH-LPR20: Use best practice modalities in pedagogical practices;

• DrPH-LPR21: Analyze principles for effective communication in traditional and social media and develop skills for effectively representing organizations in the media;
• DrPH-LPR22: Use statistical computing packages to organize, analyze, and report data;
• DrPH-LPR23: Generate appropriate methods of formative and summative evaluation in training or educational experiences;
• DrPH-LPR24: Design reliable and valid measurement instruments; and
  
• DrPH-LPR25: Create a measurable, equitable, community-centered advocacy campaign plan to advance a public health issue.