Basic Public Health Practice Certificate

Contact Information:

Sheila Trottier, CTE Director

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Program Description

It takes a special set of skills and competencies to improve the health of people worldwide. The primary mission of public health is to change risky behaviors in local, tribal, state, national and international population groups through the implementation of primary prevention practices.

These certificate courses teach basic public health practice concepts in leadership and management, community engagement, global health, immunization strategies and disaster response to prepare students for public health practices.

Career Opportunities

Less than 15-20 percent of the current public health workforce have any formal training in public health. Those not trained in basic public health skills and competencies often require significant on-the-job training before becoming functional members of the public health workforce. Concepts taught in these certificate courses will provide students with key basic public health practice concepts, short-circuiting on-the-job training and providing those students with a job placement advantage for local, tribal, state, national, and international public health positions.

Required Courses

Required Courses

PBHL 101	Public Health Practice Leadership and Management Part 1	4
PBHL 102	Public Health Practice Leadership and Management Part 2	4
PBHL 103	Community Engagement	4
PBHL 104	Global Health, Vaccine Strategies and Covid-19 Concepts	4
PBHL 105	Public Health Practice Seminar	1
Total Credit Hours:		17