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Consistent with the university student outcomes, upon completion of the Doctor of Public Health degree, graduates will be able to:

  1. Explain qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods and policy analysis research and evaluation methods to address health issues at multiple (individual, group, organization, community and population) levels
  2. Design a qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, policy analysis or evaluation project to address a public health issue
  3. Explain the use and limitations of surveillance systems and national surveys in assessing, monitoring and evaluating policies and programs and to address a population’s health
  4. Propose strategies for health improvement and elimination of health inequities by organizing stakeholders, including researchers, practitioners, community leaders and other partners
  5. Communicate public health science to diverse stakeholders, including individuals at all levels of health literacy, for purposes of influencing behavior and policies
  6. Integrate knowledge, approaches, methods, values and potential contributions from multiple professions, sectors, and systems in addressing public health problems
  7. Create a strategic plan[1]
  8. Facilitate shared decision making through negotiation and consensus-building methods
  9. Create organizational change strategies
  10. Propose strategies to promote inclusion and equity within public health programs, policies and systems
  11. Assess one’s own strengths and weaknesses in leadership capacities, including cultural proficiency
  12. Propose human, fiscal and other resources to achieve a strategic goal
  13. Cultivate new resources and revenue streams to achieve a strategic goal
  14. Design a system-level intervention to address a public health issue
  15. Integrate knowledge of cultural values and practices in the design of public health policies and programs
  16. Integrate scientific information, legal and regulatory approaches, ethical frameworks and varied stakeholder interests in policy development and analysis
  17. Propose interprofessional and/or intersectoral team approaches to improving public health

  18. Assess an audience’s knowledge and learning needs

  19. Deliver training or educational experiences that promote learning in academic, organizational or community settings
  20. Use best practice modalities in pedagogical practices
  21. Critically evaluate the influence of environment, health equity and social justice as related to public health outcomes
  22. Evaluate the potential of health initiatives to mitigate health disparity and inequity for underserved populations
  23. Incorporate visual communication tools to communicate evidence-based public health science towards enacting desired health behavior change
  24. Plan and conduct community assessments identifying needs, assets, capacity, and priorities
  25. Translate community and behavioral research into population-based health education and promotion programs/interventions
  26. Integrate a Christian perspective as it relates to public health