CEPH Bachelor of Public Health Domains

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science: Bachelor of Science in Public Health

Vision: To advance social justice through public health education that addresses health disparities and advances health equity among historically marginalized communities.

Mission: To provide social justice-centered public health training with a focus on racially and ethnically diverse students to address health disparities and advance health equity in historically marginalized communities, including South Los Angeles.

Goals: To provide a social justice-centered public health education that focuses on structural competency and social determinants of urban health disparities.

To address urban health disparities and advance health equity through research.  

To support the development of a community-engaged and social justice-centered public health workforce.

Values: Our program values varied cultures, races, ethnicities, ages, genders, classes, orientations, and abilities. We acknowledge differences and the sharing of the experiences, challenges, and contributions of those differences. Our diversity is built on tenets of respect, equity, support, inclusion, and representation. 

• Social Justice and Health Equity
• Community Responsibility and Service
• Excellence, Professionalism, Leadership, and Integrity
• Respect for Cultural Diversity

Upon degree completion, BSPH graduates will have the knowledge and skills to address the following nine (9) Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) Bachelor’s Public Health Domains:

• Overview of Public Health: Address the history and philosophy of public health as well as its core values, concepts, and functions across the globe and in society.
• Role and Importance of Data in Public Health: Address the basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use, and analysis and why evidence-based approaches are an essential part of public health practice.
• Identifying and Addressing Population Health Challenges: Address the concepts of population health, and the basic processes, approaches, and interventions that identify and address the major health-related needs and concerns of populations.
• Human Health: Address the underlying science of human health and disease including opportunities for promoting and protecting health across the life course.
• Determinants of Health: Address the socio-economic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities.
• Project Implementation: Address the fundamental concepts and features of project implementation, including planning, assessment, and evaluation.
• Overview of the Health System:  Address the fundamental characteristics and organizational structures of the U.S. health system as well as to the differences in systems in other countries.
• Health Policy, Law, Ethics, and Economics:  Address the basic concepts of legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care and public health policy, and the roles, influences and responsibilities of the different agencies and branches of government.
• Health Communications: Address the basic concepts of public health-specific communication, including technical and professional writing and the use of mass media and electronic technology.

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Upon degree completion, BSPH graduates will have the knowledge and skills to address the following eight (8) Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) Bachelor’s Public Health Domains:

Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health
1. Apply epidemiological methods to settings and situations in public health practice.	1. Analyze the complex relationship between anti-racism movements, social justice, and determinants of health.
2. Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.	2. Discuss the historical formations and uses of race and culture  in health sciences research, policy and practice as it applies to structural racism.
3. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming, and software, as appropriate.	3. Practice ethical and effective community engagement approaches with  historically marginalized urban communities.
4. Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy, or practice.	4. Assess public health programs/projects that address urban health disparities for their impact on social justice.
	5. Develop theory-based culturally-responsive behavioral change programs that address urban health disparities using a community-led approach to improve the health of historically marginalized urban communities.