Foundational Competencies
Online Graduate Certificate in Public Health
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health offers strong foundations in public health theory, research and practice, for example:
- Community Health Practice and Research
- Program Planning, Management and Evaluation
- Human Communication
- Health Promotion and Education
- Environmental Health
- Health and Human Rights
- Health Policies
Competency Areas
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health focuses on the following key competencies:
Systems Thinking
- Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue.
Evidence-Based Approaches to Public Health
- Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice.
- Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate.
- Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice.
Public Health & Health Care Systems
- Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings.
- 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.
Leadership
- Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making.
- Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges.
Policy in Public Health
- Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence.
- Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes.
- Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations.
- Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity.
Cultural Competency
- Recognize the ways diversity influences public health education and training, policies, programs, services, and the health of the nearby community.
Contact Us
Admissions
Building Address
Urban Life Building
Suite 300
140 Decatur St.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Mailing Address
School of Public Health
Office of Academic Assistance
P.O. Box 3995
Atlanta, GA 30302-3995