• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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GENERAL TRACK COMPETENCIES AND COURSE REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the MPH Common Core competencies and coursework, the General Track has five discrete competencies. Students will meet these competencies through General Track required coursework, a practicum, and thesis or capstone project.

General Track competencies:

1. Summarize and reflect on the major social determinants of health that affect social well-being, poverty, and health, globally, including the relative roles of education, family income, nutrition, housing, water, sanitation, health care, colonialism, neoliberalism, conflict, racism, and inequality.

2. Analyze the role of health institutions, including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and global donors; their ideologies, agendas, power dynamics, and policy frameworks; and the evolution of their responses to global health issues since the mid-20th century.

3. Design and present a comprehensive proposal to address the major health issues in selected countries, including gap analyses, logical frameworks, budgets, and evaluation frameworks.

4. Describe a global health research project or program evaluation, and present the rationale, goals, and appropriate methods for its successful implementation.

5. Reflect upon issues of power, privilege, inequity, and social justice, discuss how racism, colonialism and other structural inequities impact global health policy and practice.

HEALTH METRICS AND EVALUATION TRACK COMPETENCIES AND COURSE REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the MPH Common Core competencies and coursework, the Health Metrics and Evaluation Track has five discrete competencies. Students will meet these competencies through Health Metrics Track required coursework, a practicum, and thesis or capstone project.

Health Metrics and Evaluation Track competencies:

1. Describe the rationale and the conceptual and historical basis of population health measurement.

2. Compare the main sources of data on population health and health system performance, and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.

3. Define and discuss key metrics from the Global Burden of Disease project, including years of life lost, years lived with disability, disability-adjusted life years, and health care utilization measures.

4. Analyze the gaps in our empirical understanding of a given driver of health and propose an evidence-based and innovative solution to reduce its impact.

5. Explain and critique the complex quantitative methods used in the assessment of burden of disease, disease trends, and disparities across different groups, times, and locations.

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ School of Public Health

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Prospective graduate students must meet the following minimum requirements: Hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S.1or its equivalent from a foreign institution; Have earned at least a 3.0 grade-point-average (on a 4 point scale) for the last 90 graded quarter credits or 60 graded semester credits. Other English Language Requirements: 580 paper-based TOEFL.

课程信息

学制：全日制(6 年)

学费：US$39,195.00 (¥ 249,355) /年

开学时间：预计在五月, 九月 2022

申请截止日期：

留学地点：University of WashingtonSchmitz Hall, 1410 NE Campus Parkway,SEATTLE,Washington,98195, United States