Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.)

The Master’s in Public Health programme seeks to produce outstanding health professionals through Christ-centered teaching and research thus fitting each student for quality professional service that strives to better the health and general living conditions of people locally as well as regionally and globally. The Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) provides theory and practice applicable to a variety of public health problems. Three tracks are offered in the programme.

They are:

1. Medical Epidemiology
2. Research Epidemiology
3. Public Health Nutrition

Goals and Objectives of Programme Admission Requirements Degree Requirements Duration of Programme Core Requirements Description of Courses

• Health Behaviour Change
• Principles of Epidemiology I
• Principles of Environmental Health
• Principles of Epidemiology II
• Principles of Administration in Public Health
• Biostatistics I
• Biostatistics II
• Philosophy of Public Health
• Multivariate Modelling in Epidemiology
• Clinical Trials
• Epidemiologic Methods in Outcome Research and Continuous Quality Improvement
• Grant and Proposal Writing
• Research Data Management
• Survey and Advanced Research Methods
• Epidemiology of Cancer
• Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease
• Research I
• Field Practicum
• Advanced Public Health Nutrition
• Nutrition and Aging
• Advanced Nutrition I: Carbohydrates and Lipids
• Advanced Nutrition II: Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals
• Grant and Proposal Writing
• Nutritional Policy, Programmes and Services
• Seventh-day Adventist Philosophy of Nutrition
• Programme Planning and Evaluation
• Principles of Educational Nutrition
• Clinical Nutrition I
• Practicum