| MPH Foundational Public Health Knowledge | |
|---|---|
| profession & science of public health | |
| 1 | Explain public health history, philosophy and values |
| 2 | Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services |
| 3 | Explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population's health |
| 4 | List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program |
| 5 | Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc. |
| 6 | Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge |
| Factors Related To Human Health | |
| 7 | Explain effects of environmental factors on a population’s health |
| 8 | Explain biological and genetic factors that affect a population’s health |
| 9 | Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population’s health |
| 10 | Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities |
| 11 | Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease |
| 12 | Explain an ecological perspective on the connections among human health, animal health and ecosystem health (eg, One Health) |
| CEPH-specified Core Program Competencies | |
| Evidence-based Approaches To Public Health | |
| 1 | Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice |
| 2 | Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context |
| 3 | Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate |
| 4 | Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice |
| Public Health & Health Care Systems | |
| 5 | Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings |
| 6 | Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels |
| Planning & Management To Promote Health | |
| 7 | Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health |
| 8 | Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs |
| 9 | Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention |
| 10 | Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management |
| 11 | Select methods to evaluate public health programs |
| Policy In Public Health | |
| 12 | Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence |
| 13 | Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes |
| 14 | Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations |
| 15 | Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity |
| Leadership | |
| 16 | Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making |
| 17 | Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges |
| Communication | |
| 18 | Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors |
| 19 | Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation |
| 20 | Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content |
| Interprofessional Practice | |
| 21 | Perform effectively on interprofessional teams |
| Systems Thinking | |
| 22 | Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue |
| Concentration Competencies | |
| Applied Public Health Concentration | |
| APH 1 | Differentiate among and discuss the functions of national, state and local public health providers/agencies |
| APH 2 | Develop plans to address a selected public health issue using a Public Health 3.0 approach |
| APH 3 | Apply specific tools to summarize the potential impact of a proposed program or policy on health equity |
| APH 4 | Demonstrate the ability to critically assess and effectively communicate data and research studies related to public health issues and potential policy impact to appropriate entities, including identification of knowledge gaps |
| APH 5 | Apply tools designed to persuade a public actor to act, refrain from acting, or implement an authorized intervention in a particular manner to address a public health issue |
| APH 6 | Synthesize scientific literature and data analyses results, link them to specific health objectives, and provide in a format for use by policy makers and/or change agents to inform programs and policy actions |
| APH 7 | Employ data visualization in the form of a map or similar graphic incorporating place-based data to communicate the role of upstream social determinants of health |
| Epidemiology Concentration | |
| EPI 1 | Develop and explore research questions and hypotheses |
| EPI 2 | Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of multivariate modeling in epidemiology, focusing on applications of Logistic Regression analysis modeling to epidemiologic data |
| EPI 3 | Apply the principles of meta-analysis and solve meta-analytic problems using fixed effects and random effects modeling techniques |
| EPI 4 | Identify the burdens of chronic disease upon the health of the population in terms of Years of Life Lost, disability, and economic effect on the health care system |
| EPI 5 | Discuss primary and secondary prevention approaches and the points at which primary and secondary prevention are most effective |
| EPI 6 | Identify likely interventions that will improve the outcome of particular chronic diseases and discuss the transitional research needed to accomplish these outcomes |
| EPI 7 | Select and discuss the use of appropriate epidemiological methods related to the distribution and determination of various health outcomes |