Advanced Certificate in Public Health
offered by NYU

Advanced Certificate in Public Health
at
NYU
Overview

Equip with the essential knowledge and training in core public health concepts

Skills you will learn

Who should do this course?

Public health practitioners who are working in local, state, and federal departments of public health,
Health related professionals working in community and non-governmental agencies, hospitals, and other health care facilities

What are the course deliverables?

Identify basic theories, concepts and models from a range of social and behavioral disciplines that are used in public health research and practice;
Identify the causes of social and behavioral factors that affect health of individuals and populations;
Identify key sources of data for epidemiologic purposes;
Calculate basic epidemiology measures;
Describe the roles biostatistics serves in the discipline of public health;
Apply common statistical methods of inference;
Describe federal and state regulatory programs, guidelines ad authorities that control environmental health issues;
Describe the direct and indirect human, ecological and safety effects of major environmental and occupational agents;
Identify the main components and issues of the organization, financing and delivery of health services and public health systems in the US;
Apply the principles of program planning, development, budgeting, management and evaluation in organizational and community initiatives.

More about this course

This course is designed to provide participants with advanced knowledge and skills in various aspects of public health
In this course participants will learn advanced statistical methods used in epidemiological research and their application in investigating disease outbreaks, analyzing population health trends, and evaluating public health interventions

Global Issues in Social & Behavioral Health

Global Environmental Health

Health Care Policy

Public Health Management and Leadership

Epidemiology

Biostatistics for Public Health

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Conditional Offer Up Arrow Icon

Yes
The university offer conditional admissions to its undergraduate students. Various conditions will be employed - in consultation with the dean of the appropriate NYU school/college/campus - when the admissions committee makes a decision to offer admission to a particularly promising candidate with academic potential but academic credentials that are of concern to the admissions committee
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