Maternal and Child Health, MPH

Maternal and Child Health (48 SCH)

The Masters in Public Health concentration in Maternal and Child Health is designed to prepare professionals from diverse backgrounds for pivotal leadership roles in organizations dedicated to advancing the health of women, children, and families. This comprehensive interdisciplinary concentration provides knowledge of the social, political, historical, and structural factors influencing maternal health, child health, and health disparities. Students enrolled in this concentration will acquire valuable skills and strategies aimed at addressing these factors and fostering health equity among mothers, children, and families. Students will have proficiency in program planning and evaluation, data management, and policy analysis across various levels, including local, state, national and international contexts.

Students in the Maternal and Child Health concentration are admitted once a year as a cohort and are expected to complete 48 hours of coursework and graduate in five consecutive semesters. Students attend lectures and co-curricular activities in-person within a 9-hour block of time (9AM-6PM) Monday through Friday.

Admission Requirements and Application Procedures

Curriculum

Elective

Students will meet with their advisor to select an elective course from the approved elective list.

MPH Practice Experience

All MPH students are required to complete a Public Health practice experience internship. This requirement is based upon the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation.

This course provides opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience addressing MPH foundation and concentration-specific competencies, as well as achieve multiple accreditation requirements for applied practice and integrative learning experiences. Students commit to a three-semester experience with a qualified site supervisor and practice setting that promotes the synthesis and application of MPH competencies. Students are required to complete two products that utilize MPH competencies and make a meaningful contribution to their internship site. The internship is supervised by an HSC instructor of record as well as an internship site supervisor.

Prerequisite: Students must be in good academic standing with the university and have completed all required courses during the first year cohort program or have completed at least 21 SCH as an online student. Students must successfully complete tasks in the zero-credit hour Pre-PHED 5297 canvas course prior to enrolling in the three course practice experience sequence.

For more information, please see the Public Health Practice Experience website.