Urban Public Health (MPH)

MPH Competencies/Student Learning Outcomes

Competencies and Skills Promoted in the MPH Program in Urban Public Health

• Analytic Assessment Skills
• Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
• Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
• Cultural Competency Skills
• Health Education and Communication Skills
• Health Policy, Leadership and Management Skills
• Program Planning and Evaluation Skills

UPH Program Competencies/Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the UPH program, our MPH graduates will have the competencies, skills and knowledge to:

1. Apply core concepts of epidemiology to identify urban community health problems and ethnic/racial health disparities.
2. Use appropriate statistical methods to critically interpret health-related data and literature.
3. Identify multi-level risk and protective factors influencing the health status of ethnically diverse urban populations.
4. Apply basic theories, methods and models from a range of social, scientific and behavioral disciplines that are used in public health practice and research.
5. Identify and appraise public health programs, policy and advocacy processes for improving the health status of urban underserved populations.
6. Plan, develop, and evaluate culturally appropriate public health programs, interventions and policies that are responsive to urban underserved communities’ needs.
7. Apply principles of leadership and management, including the mobilization of community partnerships, to administer urban public health programs and solve health problems.
8. Demonstrate effective written and communication skills for public health practice that inform, educate and empower underserved communities.