Offered Online and On Campus in Tucson
To our friends, neighbors, and colleagues across the globe, welcome, benvenuto, bienvenidos, Shalom, Karibu, Soo Dhowow, jī āiā nū̃!
This Global Health & Development Graduate Certificate Program is the product of many thoughtful scholars whose goal is to share knowledge that will improve health and well being all people around the world. Your participation in this program assures that the most up-to-date thinking in public health becomes readily available to communities virtually everywhere.
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZCOPH) houses the Global Health Institute (GHI), one of the many centers of excellence in education, research, and service of the University of Arizona’s Health Sciences Center. GHI is dedicated to finding evidence-based solutions to global health problems through the education and training of tomorrow’s global health leaders. It is a unique partnership that promotes collaboration between the University of Arizona, partner universities, organizations, and individuals around the world.
The Graduate Certificate in Global Health & Development is one of the flagship education programs of the GHI.
Who Should Attend?
It is especially designed for three groups of participants:
- Individuals with a passion for health equity who have real-life experience but with limited relevant academic preparation.
- Health and health-related professionals wishing to update and expand their knowledge and skills, but do not have the time or flexibility to undertake a campus-based academic degree program.
- students in other disciplines who want to enrich your major with a global health & development world view. This course has relevance for professionals in public health, international relations, nursing, environmental sciences, anthropology, agriculture, sociology, biology, business and economics.
Admission Criteria Application Deadlines How to Apply
About the Program
Global health has been defined as an area for study, research, and practice that places priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide [1]. Issues of health are no longer concerns of single nations, communities and disciplines. In the face of the growing awareness for the need to share evidence-based solutions to common problems, opportunities for global health are expanding rapidly.
Rooted in global health practice and development as the overarching framework, this graduate certificate program is especially designed to equip participants with the foundation knowledge and skills necessary to function and flourish effectively in global health practice, whether at home in a diverse setting, along the border in a bi-cultural environment, working side-by-side in indigenous homelands or abroad where populations and communities are displaced and under-resourced and where health systems are constrained. This program covers several critical issues in global health, including but not limited to epidemiology and disease control, health systems management, multi-sectoral partnerships, racial, ethnic and cultural disparities, disabilities, gender and health equity, refugee and migrant health, food and nutrition, evidence-based policy and practice, project design, monitoring and evaluation, and the environment, health, and sustainability.
[1] Koplan JP, Bond TC, Merson MH. et al. Toward a common definition of global health. Lancet 2009; 373:9679; 1993-1995.
Curriculum
The graduate certificate in Global Health consists of 3 required courses (9 units) and 1 elective (3 units) for a total of 12 units.
Required Core Courses (9 units)
HPS 529 Project Design and Implementation in Global Health
3 units//Fall
This course will equip students with skills in conceptualizing, developing, implementing, and evaluation small-scale projects in global health and development.
HPS 533 Global Health
3 units//Spring
Examines major health problems of underdeveloped, developed, and emerging nations. Students conduct in-depth analyses of health problems among various populations in multicultural settings, both nationally and internationally.
HPS 559 Management of Global Public Health Emergencies
3 units//Fall
Students will develop the knowledge and skills to work in national and international contexts by contributing to and managing global public health humanitarian crises and programs. Graduate students will have advanced level material and additional assignments as shown in the syllabus.
Elective Courses (3 units)
EHS 539A Outbreaks & Environmental Microbiology- Then & Now
3 units//Summer 2nd 7 weeks
This course will examine historical and present-day outbreaks in regard to the environmental microbiology of pathogens. Different pathogens control interventions that were used to mitigate the outbreaks will also be explored.
EHS 545 One Health Foundations
3 units//Fall 1st 7 weeks
This course introduces a trans-disciplinary One Health framework which focuses on the interconnection between people, animals, and the environment to examine health drivers and outcomes at local, regional, national, and global levels.
EHS 546 One Health Approach & Case Studies
3 units//Fall 2nd 7 weeks
This course explores the intersections of the environment, animal, and human health, and how diseases are addressed using the One Health approach.
EPID 572C Analysis of Public Health Data
X units//Fall 2nd 7 weeks
Only campus students only
This course focuses on how public health data are used for epidemiologic investigations and prevention programs and develops skills and strategies for the analysis and presentation of public health data; using epidemiological and biostatistical principles to analyze public health data through descriptive statistics, stratified analyses, regression and other basic approaches.
HPS 534 Infectious Diseases, Global Health and Development
3 units//Spring
This course will analyze the etiology and distribution of major tropical infectious disease, and the environmental, economic, and cultural factors that lead to their proliferation. Impact on development and global prevention initiatives will be appraised.
HPS 537 Evidence-based Maternal & Child Health
3 units//Summer
This course examines historical and current principles, programs, policies, and practices related to MCH populations. Participants will be equipped with skills to critically appraise evidence needed to inform MCH programs and policies.
HPS 599 Independent Study in Global Health & Development Issues
3 units//All terms
Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
HPS 628 Public Health Research & Evaluation
3 units//Summer 2nd 7 weeks
This course provides a theoretical introduction and applied experience with methods for undertaking public health research and program evaluation. Activities will involve review and critique of published public health research and evaluation articles, designing and presenting both a research and evaluation plan using standards set by federal funding agencies and practical problem solving in applying research and evaluation methods in the field.
PHP 521 Administrative Dimensions of Indigenous Health
3 units//Spring
This course will introduce state and federal administrative processes that impact Indigenous (American Indian/Alaskan Native) the delivery of healthcare and public health measures within the Indian Health Service (IHS) system. The course will further examine the legislative, organizational, and operational frameworks of the IHS that will provide comprehensive and meaningful knowledge for health and/or public health professionals to implement informative policy measures to improve the health of Indigenous people through administrative frameworks.
PHPM 528 Indigenous Research & Ethics
3 units//Fall
This course examines research ethics and review processes through an Indigenous lens. Utilizing research and ethics frameworks from a diverse array of disciplines and geographies, this course explores the history of research and ethics by, with, and for Indigenous Peoples, communities, and nations, and investigates the current practices and future of research ethics and review processes from Indigenous perspectives.
Time Commitment
The program is designed to be completed in one to two years.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the global health certificate, students should be able to:
- Analyze the relationship between health, poverty, and development.
- Synthesize information from primary and secondary sources to help identify appropriate interventions and actions in global health and development.
- Demonstrate skills in systematic reviews of the evidence-base of current global health and development policies and programs.
- Demonstrate skills in program design, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Demonstrate competence in using one database relevant to global health and development.
- Demonstrate competence in providing technical assistance related to micro-finance and micro-credit development
Additional Information
For more information contact the Graduate Certificate Coordinator: coph-certificate@arizona.edu
