MPH in Health Policy and Management

For students who began matriculating in Spring 2019 or earlier, please review the previous competencies for the MPH in Health Policy and Managment here.

Core Competencies:

• Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice
• Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate
• Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice
• Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings
• Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels
• Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health
• Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs
• Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
• Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management
• Select methods to evaluate public health programs
• Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
• Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
• Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
• Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity
• Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making
• Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges
• Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
• Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
• Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content
• Perform effectively on interprofessional teams
• Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue
• Apply concepts from relevant scientific disciplines, such as toxicology and physiology, to anticipate effects of environmental, occupational and nutritional exposures on both human health and overall planetary health.

Concentration Competencies:

• Apply relevant theoretical/conceptual models and leadership principles to developing health policy and administrating health programs
• Evaluate public health programs and health policies and apply evaluation results to their improvement
• Identify and discuss the partnership and collaborative skills needed to develop effective public health programs and policies
• Analyze and critically evaluate theoretical and conceptual models used to describe the U.S. health care system and the delivery of health care
• Apply strategies for advocating for effective public health policies and programs
• Identify and analyze the legal, economic, ethical and health bases and implications of public health policies that affect urban populations
• Identify non-public health policies and describe how they can mitigate or exacerbate health disparities and influence the health of urban populations
• Apply economic concepts and theories to the analysis of health care policy and management issues that inform decision-making and policy development

These sequences are recommended for full-time students. Part-time students are encouraged to meet with a staff advisor to map out an appropriate plan of study.

For students who began matriculating in Spring 2019 or earlier, please review the previous course sequence for the MPH in Health Policy and Managment here.

*PUBH 601 should be completed during a student’s first semester. Students who have a CEPH-accredited undergraduate or graduate degree in public health are waived from this requirement.