Accreditation

The M.P.H. Program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) (www.ceph.org).

The College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.

Nova Southeastern University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Our Mission

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Program Mission
To improve the health of the population through education, research, and service.

Goal: Education
To provide quality education in public health

Goal: Research
To contribute to the discovery and application of knowledge in public health

Goal: Service
To provide public health leadership and service in the community

Master of Public Health Program

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The Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Program is an accredited graduate level program designed to prepare students to define, critically assess, and resolve public health problems. The program provides training in the theories, concepts, and principles of public health and their application. To meet the rapidly changing needs of health service professionals, including preventive medicine specialists, the curriculum is structured to accommodate a diversity of backgrounds and individual career goals.

The demand for public health professionals is increasing as a result of emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental health concerns, health care reform, health care system, sociopolitical factors affecting our nation’s health, and expansion of health issues that are global in scope. Professionals with the M.P.H. degree may hold positions of responsibility in a variety of settings including health care facilities, county and state health departments, social service agencies, health policy and planning organizations, universities, and community-based health education and health promotion settings, nongovernmental organizations, governmental agencies, international health organizations, and the corporate world. These positions often involve active participation of the M.P.H. graduate in the coordination, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of health programs and services. Some students pursue further advancement in their graduate education upon completion of the M.P.H. degree program.

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