Public Health

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Department Chair: Mary Dahl Maher, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.N.M., R.N.; Professors: Mary Dahl Maher, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.N.M., R.N., Otieno Kisiara, Ph.D., M.P.H. Clinical Adjunct Professors: Brenden Bedard, M.P.H., Michael Chen Ph.D., Elizabeth Greener, Ph.D., Christy Richards, M.S., M.P.H., Jennifer Rodriguez, M.S. M.P.H.

The mission of the Nazareth University Public Health program is to create an academic environment in which students are prepared with knowledge and skills to apply a population health perspective to improve the health and well-being of all.

The goals of the program for all students are built on the following competencies which were finalized by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) in October 2016.

Profession & Science of Public Health

• Explain public health history, philosophy and values
• Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services
• Explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population’s health
• List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program
• Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc.
• Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge

Factors Related to Human Health

• Explain effects of environmental factors on a population’s health
• Explain biological and genetic factors that affect a population’s health
• Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population’s health
• Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities
• Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease
• Explain an ecological perspective on the connections among human health, animal health and ecosystem health (eg, One Health)

For further information, please contact:

Mary Dahl Maher, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.N.M., R.N.

(585) 389-2219

mmaher7@naz.edu

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