Public Health

Identify the behavioral determinants of complex public health issues, and apply behavioral theories to the development and implementation of program and policies.

Assess the impact of social, political, economic and cultural forces on the development and implementation of health policy options and programs.

Discuss the inter-relationships between political and economic forces, technology, environmental processes and behaviors on exposures to environmental risk factors and subsequent health outcomes.

Evaluate the influence of behavioral, social, cultural, political, economic, environmental factors on the initiation and persistence of health disparities among sub-populations.

Describe the public health systems and structures at the local, region/state, national and international levels, and how their structure affects the development, delivery and quality of programs and policies.

Utilize descriptive and inferential statistical methods and epidemiologic principles to:

Critically evaluate and interpret scientific evidence from published studies

Clearly articulate a public health issue and formulate relevant research questions

Design appropriate/effective methods for collecting health and risk factor data for community needs assessments, surveillance, research and program evaluation

Measure and compare the health status of populations

Evaluate public health interventions and

Provide a basis for making decisions and developing policy and recommendations

Based on existing data and information, develop goals, measurable objectives, programmatic activities, and expected outcomes for a public health program.

Use team building, negotiation, and conflict management skills to achieve organizational and community health goals.

Demonstrate effective written and oral skills for communicating with a wide range of audiences and in a variety of public health practice settings.

Apply social justice and human rights principles and use the basic concepts and skills regarding culturally appropriate community engagement and empowerment when addressing community needs.

Recognize the ethical principles that underlie the values of integrity, respect, transparency, accountability and equity in public health practice.

Health Equity Emphasis: Analyze the barriers to health equity among populations that experience the burden of social determinants of health.

Health Equity Emphasis: Demonstrate cultural humility in working with diverse cultural values and practices of populations experiencing health disparities.

Health Equity Emphasis: Demonstrate mastery in conveyance of evidence-based health disparities among minoritized populations.

Health Equity Emphasis: Identify relevant impacts of available data focused on the development of multi-level policies that seek to eliminate health disparities.

Health Equity Emphasis: Analyze adequacy of continuous data systems that exist to measure changes in the health of diverse communities.

Health Equity Emphasis: Use data to be able to advocate for needed policy changes that are community-supported.

Health Equity Emphasis: Establish ability to evaluate policy and determine their impact.