Offered Online and On Campus in Tucson
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) is the professional and academic field that focuses on the determinants, mechanisms and systems that promote and maintain the health, safety, well-being, and appropriate development of children and their families in communities and societies, in order to enhance the future health and welfare of society and subsequent generation. MCH has had a resurgence of interest among health care providers, policy makers, and others in recent years. Public Health focuses on the premise that prevention of disease and promotion of wellness is the best approach to controlling cost, increasing access to healthcare, and improving health status of populations. More and more individuals see the need for additional education as an avenue to accomplishing these goals. Participants of the certificate will be better able to contribute to the improvement in the health status of women, and children, and adolescents.
Who Should Attend?
This certificate program is designed specifically to support individuals who aim to advance their career in the arena of public health. It is meant to provide working professionals a flexible and convenient option for progressing their public health training.
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About the Program
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Curriculum
The graduate certificate in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology consists of 3 required courses (9 units) and 1 elective (3 units) for a total of 12 units.
Required Core Courses (9 units)
EPID 555 Introduction to MCH Epidemiology
3 units
Course will cover topical information, publicly available databases, and epidemiological approaches to the investigation of issues in female reproduction, childhood conditions, and women's health.
EPID 573A Basic Principles of Epidemiology
3 units//Fall & Spring
This is an introduction course on basic concepts, principles and methods of epidemiology and how these concepts and methods are applicable in epidemiologic and clinical and translational research. No prerequisite.
BIOS 576A Biostatistics in Public Health
3 units//Fall & Spring
This course introduces biostatistical methods and applications, and will cover descriptive statistics, probability theory, and a wide variety of inferential statistical techniques that can be used to make practical conclusions about empirical data. Students will also be learning to use a statistical software package (STATA). Prerequisite: one year of college-level mathematics.
Elective Courses (3 units)
CPH 536 Project Design, Implementation & Evaluation in MCH
3 units//term
This course provides participants with skills in planning and evaluating programs to address health issues that affect women, children, and adolescents locally and globally.
CPH 537 Evidence-Based Methods in MCH
X units//term
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CPH 554 MCH Information & Data Systems
X units//term
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CPH 557 Global Maternal Health: Cultural Perceptions and Policy Approaches
X units//term
This course examines historical and current global maternal health policies. We will explore how these policies are developed, implemented, and responded to by different stakeholders at global and local levels. Participants will be equipped with skills to critically appraise global maternal health policies in global settings and propose solutions to identified problems in policy implementation.
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Time Commitment
The program is designed to be completed in one to two years.
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Additional Information
For more information contact the Graduate Certificate Coordinator: coph-certificate@arizona.edu
