Master of Public Health
New Kingston, Jamaica
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2025
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, Distance Learning
Key Summary
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Introduction
Expand your opportunities and enhance your academic credentials in the rapidly growing healthcare industry with your online Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean Global Campus (UCCGC). Unlike individual care doctors, becoming a public health professional prepares you for bettering the health of large populations, as you can create various programs, systems, and policies that will benefit their health needs. Whether you are a current or aspiring health professional, this MPH degree provides you with a flexible online education that will build upon previous knowledge and work experience to improve the health of the communities where you live and work.
Accreditation
This programme is accredited through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), located at 11374 Strang Line Road in Lenexa, Kansas, USA.
Online programs
The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean Global Campus offers two options to international students: 100% Online or Blended, i.e. 90% online with required residencies in Jamaica each summer.
The intake periods for international (non-Jamaican) students are January, March, May, July, and September.
Admissions
Program Outcome
Course objectives
Upon completion of your online Master of Public Health degree, you will be able to:
- Design and conduct assessments that integrate the concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, analysis, interpretation, and evidence-based reasoning to determine the health status and/or health needs of a population
- Demonstrate effective communication skills and the ability to interact with both diverse individuals and communities utilizing public health education, community empowerment, and information dissemination
- Integrate public health theories, models, and concepts across a broad range of disciplines (social, scientific, behavioural, etc.) into public health research and practice to produce or impact an intended public health outcome
- Apply quantitative and qualitative research findings found in medical, public health, and social science journals to the identification and pursuit of opportunities for promoting health and preventing disease across the lifespan and for enhancing public health preparedness
- Evaluate how the biological, environmental, socioeconomic, behavioural, and cultural determinants of health influence the global and societal burden of disease and contribute to health disparities
- Apply systems thinking concepts to effectively implement and manage public health interventions as members of interdisciplinary teams
- Evaluate how the legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care and public health systems influence public health policies