OPEN HOUSE EVENT For Master of Public Health Program at Temple Harrisburg for Fall 2012 admissionThursday, March 1st from 5:30pm to 7:30pm For more info call: Moriah Hall, MPH 717-232-6400  Master of Public Health (MPH)Temple University´s Master of Public Health, serving or conveniently accessible to Harrisburg, Hershey, Lancaster, Lebanon, York, was one of the first fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) in the Delaware Valley and has over 20 years of experience in training public health professionals. Temple´s MPH provides a credential that indicates competency in social, environmental, and behavioral aspects of health, the analytic sciences of epidemiology and biostatistics, and principles of health service management, including program planning, evidence-based practice, and evaluation. The Master of Public Health (MPH) is a terminal, professional master´s degree awarded for studies in areas related to public health. Public health carries out its mission through organized, interdisciplinary efforts that address prevention and the physical, mental, social, environmental, and global health concerns of communities and populations at risk for disease and injury. Temple University´s Department of Public Health is will offer the MPH Social and Behavioral Science (SBS) concentration at the Harrisburg campus. This MPH program concentration has a strong focus on addressing the behavioral, social and cultural factors related to individual and population health and the social and behavioral aspects of community health, health communication, program implementation and evaluation, and health education. Core CoursesThe MPH curriculum includes core courses in the broad disciplines of public health: Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental Health Science, Health Policy and Management, Public Health Practice, and Social and Behavioral Sciences; as well as cross-cutting competencies such as cultural competency, leadership, and public health biology. | Mission StatementThe Department of Public Health excels as a regional and national leader by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers, educators, community practitioners, and private sector leaders. We strive to address community health needs in a global community to eliminate health disparities, and to increase the quality and years of healthy life. The Department of Public Health promotes and protects public health through quality education, research, and service. We emphasize disease prevention and treatment, empowerment, and collective as well as individual responsibility for health and health care. Our collaborative partnerships contribute to meeting local, state, national and global public health needs through conducting research, training a diverse workforce, and promoting excellence in practice. |
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