The online certificate in disaster management will enhance the knowledge and skill base of public health professionals, as well as other disaster management personnel, in the management, preparedness, response, and recovery from natural and man-made disasters. The design of the certificate engages the student in critical thinking skills that enable them to reduce the health complexities of disasters. The certificate is also intended to increase the managerial and leadership skills of public health professionals working with international refugees and displaced populations after a disaster.

Required Courses
Overview of United States and International Emergency/Disaster Management (3 credits) Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Planning (3 credits)
Emergency/Disaster Recovery (3 credits)
Public Health Emergencies in Large Populations (3 credits)
Supervised Field Experience (3 credits)

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Understand the rationale, role, and concept of primary health care in health care delivery systems worldwide. Develop the skills of designing and implementing primary health care programs in response to community needs. Analyze the impact of primary health care on health status and on health costs for at-risk population groups. Show ability to build Primary Health Care Systems that ensure equity, ethical treatment, and that are designed to meet the needs of a wide diversity of potential consumers.

Bill Ward, MA, MPH, DrPH
Course Director
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Email: DrPHwward@hsc.usf.edu
Internet: http://hsc.usf.edu/publichealth/hpm/wward/index.html

1. Required Public Health Core Courses 15 hours

• Principles of Health Policy and Management (3)
• Epidemiology (3)
• Biostatistics I (3)
• Environmental & Occupational Health (3)
• Social and Behavioral Science Applied to Health (3)

2. Required Concentration Courses 15 hours

• Management of Public Health Programs (3)
• Health Services Planning & Evaluation (3)
• Managing Quality in Health Care (3)
• Health Care Financial Management (3)
• Public Health Law and Ethics (3)

3. Additional Courses (choose three) 9 hours

• International Health and Health Care Systems (3)
• Global Primary Care Strategies (3)
• Public Health Data, Information and Decision Making (3)
• Introduction to Social Marketing for Public Health (3)
• Other approved elective(s)

4. Final Requirements 4-9 hours

• Supervised Field Experience (1-6)
• Special Project (3)
• Comprehensive Exam on Public Health Core Courses

Florida Resident: $ 2, 267.82 for 9 credit hours; $3,023.76 for 12 credit hours
Non-Florida Resident: $8,073.45 9 credit hours; $10,764.60 for 12 credit hours

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The list of tracks follows and each one links to a table that clarifies the required and elective courses associated with each.

1. Teaching Women's Health Courses in the Health Sciences
2. Teaching Women's Health and/or Sexuality Courses in Arts and Sciences
3. Working with Community-Based Organizations/Social Service Agencies
4. Applying Advocacy/Policy to Women's Health
5. Women's Physical Wellness/Health Promotion
6. Teaching Women's Health Courses in Diverse Populations
7. Teaching Women's Health Courses to At-Risk Women's Populations
8. Women's Health Research (qualitative)
9. Women's Health Research (quantitative)

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The MPH in Maternal and Child Health prepares health professionals and individuals in related fields for leadership roles in community based organizations that focus on major public health problems of women, children and families, especially among culturally diverse and underserved populations. Using multidisciplinary approaches, students develop analytical, advocacy, programmatic and evaluative skills to address health disparities, and to emphasize health promotion and disease prevention among populations in need.

In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree objectives, Maternal and Child Health graduates will be able to:

• Integrate the scientific underpinnings and strength of evidence from literature for addressing MCH issues;
• Analyze MCH problems in terms of time (persistence), magnitude/severity (scope), dispersion/location (place), and co-occurrence/co-morbidity;
• Use basic statistical and graphics software, for MCH data management and analysis, including linkage of data sets;
• Describe appropriate public health programs, laws, regulations, policies and advocacy measures affecting families and children;
• Apply policy analysis techniques to key MCH problems;
• Demonstrate ethical awareness in practice, research, data collection and storage, and program management; and
• Apply public health principles and techniques among specific MCH populations to solve multifaceted problems within the context of culturally diverse settings and community-based MCH programs and systems.

• Public health courses:
  - HSA 4011 Introduction to Public Health (3)
  - HSC 4554 Survey of Human Diseases (3)
• Suggested/preferred undergraduate majors: Undergraduate majors may be admitted from a wide range of backgrounds, although majors from the health sciences such as nursing, social work, counseling, pre-med, the natural sciences are desirable.
• Work experience: Work experience in the field of public health, health or natural sciences, counseling, communications, social work, etc. is considered extremely desirable.
• Minimum undergrad GPA: 3.0 in upper division courses OR
• Verbal GRE score: minimum 500
• Quantitative GRE score: minimum 550
• Other criteria: Letters of recommendation, career goals statement

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Email: advisor@health.usf.edu
Internet: http://publichealth.usf.edu/mphmch.html

Students in the MPH program in Environmental Health gain a broad perspective in the public health sciences and social sciences, and a fundamental education in the technical sciences with an emphasis on the protection and improvement of our environmental and public health. Students enrolled in the MPH program are likely to be recent graduates of a biological science, environmental science or medicine undergraduate program; employees of county or state agencies; in a military education program; or involved in environmental health & safety management with a company. The motivation for an MPH student to complete an advanced degree is to become an environmental scientist or manager; and increased competence as an environmental scientist or manager; or as pre-medical training or an opportunity to take and pass the US medical boards. Many MPH students are now or will become community leaders, for example, as U.S. Armed Services or Public Health Service Officers; as State Health Officers; or as Agency or Laboratory Directors.

In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree objectives, Environmental Health graduates will be able to:

• Describe natural and engineered environmental systems and their interrelationships with human activities and human health;
• Relate the history of environmental health issues to current practices and policies;
• Apply technical knowledge and skill for the prevention and/or control of specific environmental health problems;
• Communicate orally and in writing relevant information concerning environmental health issues;
• Identify scientific, cultural, political and ethical practices and decisions that may have adverse effects on at-risk human populations or the sensitive ecosystems on each geographical scale;
• Decide between alternatives, or strategies, to minimize or alleviate adverse environmental impacts;
• Interpret published environmental health research findings; and
• Engage in environmental leadership activities at the community level

• Public health courses:
  - HSA 4011 Introduction to Public Health (3)
  - HSC 4554 Survey of Human Diseases (3)
• Suggested/preferred undergraduate majors: biological, physical or chemical science; military science; engineering; nursing or medicine; environmental health and technology; environmental science and policy.
• Prerequisite undergraduate courses: introductory college-level algebra, chemistry, and biology (or related course); calculus and organic chemistry preferred.
• Work experience: None required: two years experience in environmental health preferred.
• Minimum undergrad GPA: 3.0 :
  - Verbal GRE score: minimum 450
  - Quantitative GRE score: minimum 550
  - GRE Score may be substituted with an MCAT Score averaging seven or higher.
• International applicants from non English-speaking countries must provide a minimum TOEFL score of 213 (computer-based test) or 550 (written test), taken within 2 years of the desired term of entry.

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Email: eoh@hsc.usf.edu
Internet: http://publichealth.usf.edu/envhealthmph.html