Master of Public Health - Public Health, Community and Public Health Practice Concentration
University of San Francisco - School of Nursing and Health Professions
Key Information
Campus location
San Francisco, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 1,555 / per credit
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Introduction
The Community and Public Health Practice concentration program prepares students to apply public health sciences to promote social justice in a variety of settings and working with communities. Students gain skills in project planning and management, including ways to assess community needs and assets, address environmental challenges facing disadvantaged populations, and collaborate with communities to address social determinants of health and promote social justice. Students learn to value and encourage meaningful community participation and engagement in knowledge generation, and to identify and challenge repressive power structures impeding community self-determination. They gain qualitative and quantitative skills in research and programmatic intervention design and assessment, including management of resources and continuous improvement.
Curriculum
Major Requirements (45 Units)
Public Health Core Classes:
- MPH 609 - Global Perspectives on Public
- MPH 612 - Biostatistics in Public Health
- MPH 621 - Epidemiology
- MPH 622 - Health Behavior Theory and Communication
- MPH 635 - Health Policy and Ethics
- MPH 636 - PH Program Mgmt & Evaluation
- MPH 640 - Leadership and Collaboration
Community and Public Health Practice Concentration Classes:
- MPH 632 - Environmental and Occupational Health Issues in Public Health
- MPH 633 - Community-Based Participatory Research & Practice
- MPH 648 - Project Management in Healthcare
- MPH 663 - Research Methods in Pub Health
Applied Practice Experience:
- MPH 680 - Applied Practice Exp PREP
- MPH 681 - Applied Practice Experience 1
- MPH 682 - Applied Practice Experience 2
Integrated Learning Experience:
- MPH 683 - Integrated Learning Experience
Complete 4 Units of Electives from the following:
- MPH 600:698 (see department for course selection)
Program Outcome
- Apply qualitative methods to assess community assets for addressing public health and environmental issues.
- Analyze how issues of power, race and ethnicity, sex and gender identity, and socioeconomic factors affect the development, implementation, and evaluation of community-based projects.
- Develop a research project proposal using mixed methods to address a public health problem affecting a specific community.
- Apply participatory project management strategies to improve the quality of programs and services in public health settings.
- Identify environmental health risks in vulnerable communities and examine strategies to reduce exposures.
English Language Requirements
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