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Maternal and Child Health (MPH)
The MPH in Maternal and Child Health prepares health professionals and individuals in related fields for leadership roles in community based organizations that focus on major public health problems of women, children and families, especially among culturally diverse and underserved populations. Using multidisciplinary approaches, students develop analytical, advocacy, programmatic and evaluative skills to address health disparities, and to emphasize health promotion and disease prevention among populations in need.
In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree objectives, Maternal and Child Health graduates will be able to:
- Integrate the scientific underpinnings and strength of evidence from literature for addressing MCH issues;
- Analyze MCH problems in terms of time (persistence), magnitude/severity (scope), dispersion/location (place), and co-occurrence/co-morbidity;
- Use basic statistical and graphics software, for MCH data management and analysis, including linkage of data sets;
- Describe appropriate public health programs, laws, regulations, policies and advocacy measures affecting families and children;
- Apply policy analysis techniques to key MCH problems;
- Demonstrate ethical awareness in practice, research, data collection and storage, and program management; and
- Apply public health principles and techniques among specific MCH populations to solve multifaceted problems within the context of culturally diverse settings and community-based MCH programs and systems.
Prerequisites
- Public health courses:
- HSA 4011 Introduction to Public Health (3)
- HSC 4579 Foundations of Meternal and Child Health (3)
- Suggested/preferred undergraduate majors: Undergraduate majors may be admitted from a wide range of backgrounds, although majors from the health sciences such as nursing, social work, counseling, pre-med, the natural sciences are desirable.
- Work experience: Work experience in the field of public health, health or natural sciences, counseling, communications, social work, etc. is considered extremely desirable.
- Minimum undergrad GPA: 3.0 in upper division courses OR
- Verbal GRE score: minimum 500
- Quantitative GRE score: minimum 550
- Other criteria: Letters of recommendation, career goals statement
Curriculum or Plan of Study
Please see description of courses in this catalog under the main section: Course Listing
College Core Courses (15 credits)
PHC 6000 Epidemiology (3)
PHC 6050 Biostatistics I (3)
PHC 6102 Principles of Health Policy and Management (3)
PHC 6357 Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
PHC 6410 Social and Behavioral Sciences Applied to Health (3)
Required Concentration Courses (18)
PHC 6530 Maternal and Child Health I: Issues and Concepts (3)
PHC 6537 Maternal and Child Health II: Cases Studies in MCH Programs, Policies and Research (3)
PHC 6197 Community Health Data Sources and Technology (3)
PHC 6715 Research Foundations in Public Health (3)
PHC 6505 Program Planning in Community Health (3)
PHC 6708 Evaluation Methods in Community Health (3)
MCH Support Courses-examples (6)
PHC 6523 Policies and Practices in Maternal and Child Nutrition (3)
PHC 6532 Women’s health Issues in Public Health (3)
PHC 6590 Reproductive Health Trends and Issues (3)
PHC 6535 International Maternal and Child Health (3)
PHC 6414 Adolescent Health (3)
PHC 6934 Selected Topics in Maternal Child Health (3)
Electives (0) Examples of common elective options
PHC 6193 Qualitative Methods in Community Health Research (3)
PHC 6411 Introduction to Social Marketing for Public Health (3)
PHC 7708 Applied Research Methods in Community & Family Health (3)
PHC 6701 Computer Applications for Public Health Researchers (3)
PHC XXXX Other courses from the MCH Support Course list above
Culminating Experiences
- PHC 6945 Supervised Field Experience (6-12 credit hours)
- PHC 6977 Special Project (3)
- Comprehensive Exam: 2 credit hours of enrollment required.
Special Admission Requirements: None