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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:
- PHC 4100 Introduction to Public Health (3)
- HSC 4579 Foundations of Maternal 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
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Curriculum or Plan of Study Note: All courses are 3 credit hours each unless otherwise noted. College Core Courses (15 credits) PHC 6000 Epidemiology PHC 6530 Maternal and Child Health I: Issues and Concepts PHC 6523 Policies and Practices in Maternal and Child Nutrition Culminating Experiences (12 credits minimum) PHC 6945 Supervised Field Experience (6-12 credit hours) TOTAL CREDITS: 51-57 (including Field Experience) |
Special Admission Requirements: None
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