A degree in Community and Behavioral Health trains students for careers in program planning, evaluation, and policy in public health agencies, health care delivery systems, community-based organizations, and academic settings.
The Department of Community and Behavioral Health offers a Master of Public Health in Community and Behavioral Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; a Master of Public Health in Community Health Education at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC); a Master of Public Health Generalist with focus in Public Health Nutrition, Health Communication, Health and Exercise Science or Global Health & Health Disparities at Colorado State University; and a Doctor of Public Health with a focus in Community & Behavioral Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
The Department is also affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Health and Behavioral Sciences PhD program and supports the Certificate program in Public Health Sciences through course instruction and collaboration.
Program Details:
Master of Public Health
The Department of Community & Behavioral Health offers two Master of Public Health concentrations. The first concentration is in community and behavioral health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, which prepares students to address the social, cultural, political, economic and environmental factors that influence health. This path leads to careers in program planning, evaluation and policy in public health agencies, health care delivery systems, community-based organizations and academic settings.
The second concentration is in community health education at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). This program aims to prepare students to work with diverse populations and work within communities to prevent disease and develop positive, healthy lifestyles. The Community Health Education concentration is designed to prepare students to serve as administrators or practitioners in a variety of health education settings.
Colorado State University also offers an MPH generalist program with five focus areas: Animals, People and the Environment; Global Health & Health Disparities; Health Exercise Science; Health Communication; and Public Health Nutrition.
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Doctor of Public Health
The DrPH Program in Community and Behavioral Health is designed to develop public health leaders who are skilled in the development, implementation, and evaluation of theory and evidence-based programs that contribute to health and wellness. “Community” is interpreted broadly and can include neighborhoods, schools, worksites, towns, cities, regions, nations, or a group of individuals that share some unifying characteristic (e.g., disease status, racial or ethnic status, etc.).
In addition to a strong knowledge base in social and behavioral theory and evidence, graduates will have strong research skills to facilitate their contributions to the body of evidence linking social and behavioral factors to health and to aid them in developing sound health promotion policy.
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