PHM-Exch> Course Announcement - Graduate Certificate in Global Health & Development at the University Arizona

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ehiri, John E - (jehiri) <jehiri at email.arizona.edu>


Graduate Certificate in Global Health and Development at the University of
Arizona
"Building Healthy Communities & Promoting Health Equity Worldwide to Improve
Global Health and Development" http://www.publichealth.arizona.edu/ghd

Global health has been defined as an area for study, research, and practice
that places priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for
all people worldwide[1]. Issues of health are no longer concerns of single
nations, communities and disciplines. In the face of the growing awareness
for the need to share evidence-based solutions to common problems,
opportunities for global health are expanding rapidly.

Increasing numbers of professionals from multiple disciplines are
experiencing the imperative to enlarge their world view and expand their
skills and competence in global health to adequately address the current
challenges in their own increasingly diverse settings or to lend a hand to
the worsening challenges in resource-limited environments.  In order to be
successful, skills are required to identify and delineate critical health
and human development issues that confront populations in the multiple
employment, community and environmental settings. Professionals may be
required to design and/or implement large or small scale interventions to
prevent disease, and protect, or promote population health. They may also be
engaged as consultants to provide technical advice and assistance.

Rooted in global health practice and development as the overarching
framework, this certificate program is especially designed to equip
participants with the foundation knowledge and skills necessary to function
and flourish effectively in global health practice, whether at home in a
diverse setting, along the border in a bi-cultural environment, working
side-by-side in indigenous homelands or abroad where populations and
communities are displaced and under-resourced and where health systems are
constrained.  This program covers several critical issues in global health,
including but not limited to epidemiology and disease control, health
systems management, multi-sectoral partnerships, racial, ethnic and cultural
disparities, disabilities, gender and health equity, refugee and migrant
health, food and nutrition, evidence-based policy and practice, project
design, monitoring and evaluation, and the environment, health, and
sustainability.

With a major focus on working professionals, the program is designed as a
flexible, internet-based, alternative for local, regional, national and
foreign individuals working or intending to work with communities and/or
organizations engaged in global health and development.  It is especially
designed for three groups of participants: i) individuals with a passion for
health equity who have real-life experience but with limited relevant
academic preparation ii) health and health-related professionals wishing to
update and expand their knowledge and skills, but do not have the time or
flexibility to undertake a campus-based academic degree program, iii)
students in other disciplines who want to enrich your major with a global
health & development world view. This course has relevance for professionals
in public health, international relations, nursing, environmental sciences,
anthropology, agriculture, sociology, biology, business and economics.

At the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZCOPH), all our
graduate courses are relatively small to facilitate meaningful, regular
contact with faculty. We value practice-based learning and are known for our
strength in community engaged scholarship and practice. One of the many
qualities of our training program is an emphasis on providing students with
service-learning opportunities through structured field experiences.  Both
our faculty and students are deeply involved in community-based programs to
reduce health disparities in the southwest and globally.  Our proximity to
the Mexican border and Native American reservations in our state and in the
four-corner region provides practical opportunities for community-engaged
learning and for translating theory to practice.

To ensure a flexible, unpressured, and yet top quality program, all courses
are 2 units each instead of the usual 3 units and will run for 6 weeks. To
ensure that materials are well assimilated by participants, the online
classes will hold in alternate weeks, such that each course will be
completed over the normal 13-week semester period that will include an
introductory week followed by online class meetings in alternate weeks. This
will make it possible for participants to take two courses each semester at
a more relaxed pace.  Ideally, students can expect to commit approximately
2-4 hours per week on each course, completing individual assignments and
participating in discussion board forums. Online class activities are mostly
asynchronous, and students can participate in these activities at times that
are convenient to them, so long as the stipulated deadline for each activity
is met. The program is designed to be completed in 12 months, but can be
spaced out over an 18 m!
 onth period.

Graduate Certificate Course objectives:

The Graduate Certificate in Global health and Development is designed to
equip participants with essential skills to succeed in, and impact, global
health and development policy and practice.  At the end of the certificate
program participants should be able to:
*Analyze the relationship between health and development.
*Use appropriate methods to appraise global health challenges and strengthen
health care systems, as well as identify resource-appropriate responses to
meet these challenges.
*Synthesize information from primary and secondary sources to help identify
appropriate interventions and actions in the field of global health.
*Use research, planning and management methods to make efficient and
effective use of available resources in field settings.
*Develop professional skills in program design, program monitoring, and
evaluation.
*Appraise health care needs associated with disabilities in resource-limited
settings and strategies for meeting such needs.
*Acquire skills in the use of distance learning technologies for application
to future professional development programs.

For Further information & Application, Contact:

Amy Glicken, MPH | Recruitment & Admissions Coordinator
University of Arizona Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
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