Public Health MPH
Program Purpose
The mission of the BYU MPH Program is to develop future public health leaders who drive change that improves the health and well-being of communities, families, and individuals. To this end, the program prepares students to conduct public health surveillance, and to plan, implement, and evaluate public health programs and policies that focus on at-risk populations in both domestic and international settings.
Curricular Structure
Learning Outcomes
Translate Research into Policies and Programs
Translate public health research into policies and programs that improve the health of communities, families, and individuals.
Recognize and integrate the family system in public health assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
Demonstrate principles of ethical leadership in public health practice.
Apply project management tools to public health practice and research.
Identify appropriate methods for effectively communicating research and evaluation findings to a variety of stakeholders.
Use appropriate media, marketing, and technology to promote key public health issues and drive health behavior change.
Evidence of Learning
Translate Research in to Policies and Programs
Translate public health research into policies and programs that improve the health of communities, families, and individuals.
- HLTH 614: Program Proposal
- HLTH 621: Final Exam
- HLTH 621: Midterm 1
- HLTH 621: Final Course Grade
- HLTH 621: Midterm 2
- HLTH 623: Health Impact Assessment
- Senior Exit Survey
The Family System
Recognize and integrate the family system in public health assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
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HLTH 613: Family Impact Analysis Report and Presentation
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HLTH 613: Community Lab Assignments (CLA) #9-12
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HLTH 623: Systems Approaches to Public Health
- Senior Exit Survey
Ethical Leadership
Demonstrate principles of ethical leadership in public health practice.
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HLTH 624: Evaluation Plan Individual Assighments
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HLTH 624: Project Management & Communication Strategy (T1 Assignment)
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HLTH 632: Case Questions
- Senior Exit Survey
Project Management
Apply project management tools to public health practice and research.
- HLTH 614: Project Management Report
- HLTH 624: T1 Project Management and Communication Strategy
- HTH 624: T8 Wrike Utilization
- Senior Exit Survey
Effective Communication
Identify appropriate methods for effectively communicating research and evaluation findings to a variety of stakeholders.
- HLTH 611: Qualitative data analysis group project
- HLTH 621: Final Course Grade
- HLTH 622: Theory Integration Assignment
- HLTH 624: Evaluation report
- Senior Exit Survey
Median, Marketing, and Technology
Use appropriate media, marketing, and technology to promote key public health issues and drive health behavior change.
- HLTH 622: Theory Integration
- HLTH 622: Software training
- Senior Exit Survey
Learning and Teaching Assessment and Improvement
Direct and indirect measures provide necessary data for continuous quality improvement. Data from both direct and indirect measures are collected and analyzed to determine areas of strength and weakness. Results provide important feedback for program improvement.
Assessment information is collected at the end of each winter semester and summer term. Conclusions of assessment findings are made and presented to department faculty for further discussion. Faculty ultimately agree on quality improvement actions to be taken in subsequent semesters.