Competencies

The Association for Schools and Programs of Public Health Links to an external site. (ASPPH) recommends that MPH programs teach a range of competencies as core parts of their curriculum.  In this course, students will receive training that contributes to achievement of the following competencies:

ASPPH Competency Bullet 3: Systems thinking regarding the dynamic interactions among sectors, organizations, and actors with which public health professionals interact to achieve health improvements, drawing (from ASPPH Competency Bullet 1) on the history and philosophy of public health as well as its core values, concepts, functions and leadership roles.

ASPPH Competency Bullet 9: Approaches to advocating for public health policies; familiarity with ethical and economic dimensions of health care and public health policy.

ASPPH Competency Bullet 6: Identification and pursuit of opportunities for promoting health and preventing disease across the life span and for enhancing public health preparedness.

ASPPH Competency Bullet 10. Public health-specific communication and social marketing, and the use of mass media and electronic technology.

ASPPH Competency Bullet 11. The cultural context of public health issues and respectful engagement with people of different cultures and socioeconomic strata.