The University of San Francisco is launching a new degree program which will combine our strength in health professions with our commitment to community with a new Master's degree program beginning in Fall 2011. The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree will be housed in the School of Nursing and is designed to prepare graduates as leaders in public health practice.
Upon completion of the MPH program, the graduate will be able to:
1. Enhance health in human populations through organized community effort.
2. Identify and assess public health needs of populations with a focus on strategies and practices with a prevention orientation.
3. Utilize an ecological approach that recognizes the interactions and relationships among multiple determinants of health, including environmental conditions and locale.
4. Utilize epidemiology data to assess community needs and policy program implications, including distributions and determinants of disease, disabilities and death in human populations, the characteristics and dynamics of human populations, the natural history of disease, and biologic and nutritional basis of health.
5. Demonstrate competence in collection, storage, retrieval, analysis and interpretation of health data, design and analysis of health-related surveys and experiments.
6. Successfully plan, organize, manage and evaluate culturally competent public health programs including consideration of the policy and legal aspects that advance or inhibit effective implementation.
7. Utilize knowledge and skill from the social and behavioral sciences to identify and create solutions to public health problems and propose and address research questions.
8. Employ effective problem-solving skills, interprofesssional communication and collaboration in public health practice.
9. Develop and evaluate effective strategies for managing the ethical dilemmas inherent in public health practice, advancing information technology, and conducting public health research.
10. Develop leadership, career, and professional development skills in order to promote lifelong learning.
11. Focus on the global and locale factors impacting public health of communities and demonstrate cultural competence as a practitioner.
12. Advance the mission and core values of the University of San Francisco.
Applications will be accepted from March 1 until June 15. Apply here!
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