The MPH in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences program prepares students for an applied public health career. In the MPH program you will learn and apply:
- community-engaged strategies
- social and behavioral concepts to assess the health status of populations
- applied social/behavioral theory
- social/behavioral science research methods to evaluate health promotion programs
- how to communicate with other researchers, communities, and policymakers.
We emphasize student learning and practicing assessment and research skills in the context of social and behavioral change at the individual, organizational, and community levels.
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Careers
Graduates assume positions in a variety of public health and related organizations.
Recent graduates hold the following positions:
- Preparedness training and exercise coordinator for a county health department
- Director of a statewide HIV/AIDS education program
- Program director with an international relief agency
- Health coach for a national health insurance and medical provider
- Evaluation and research director for a regional reproductive health program
- Program officer for a local philanthropic foundation
- Research associate with a university-based applied research team
- Health promotion/education coordinator for the local office of a national prevention and advocacy organization
- Director of a center for rural health
- Research and evaluation specialist for a large urban school district
