Master of Public Health with a Concentration in Heath Behavior
Program Description
The Master of Public Health program prepares students for public health careers by providing a comprehensive understanding of public health philosophy, as well as the practical knowledge and skills needed to address current and emerging public health issues. The MPH program is for health professionals with or without doctoral degrees and for individuals who through undergraduate study and/or experience have substantial interest in a career in public health.
Public health is a problem-oriented field and these problems have multiple determinants, including social, behavioral, environmental, biological, genetic, and organizational risk factors. Solving public health problems requires a multidisciplinary approach. Health behavior is one such discipline. Public health professionals with expertise in health behavior work in a wide range of public health settings and are involved often with implementing policies and programs that promote behavioral change and enhance public health (e.g., smoking cessation; increasing physical activity, improving diet, reducing risky behaviors).
The MPH degree program can be completed in four semesters of fulltime study. The program consists of a core curriculum, additional health behavior electives, a public health field training experience for candidates without previous public health experience, and an integrative project.
The core curriculum offers courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, health care organization, the study of health behaviors, principles of public health, the biologic basis of public health, and environmental health. Other health behavior courses include program planning and evaluation, methods of survey research, tobacco control, physical activity & chronic disease, health promotion & risk reduction, and public health practice, to name a few.
For more information about the Master of Public Health Program, visit their website: http://sphhp.buffalo.edu/mph/
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