AIM/GOAL
The major goal of the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program in Health Promotion is to train and produce professionals with broad knowledge and skills in Health Education practice, health services improvement and advocacy such that the graduate can scientifically identify, appraise and address potential health issues in partnership with the community.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the programme of study leading to MPH (Health Promotion), the student will be able to:
i. Apply modern scientific methods and techniques to conduct community needs and asset assessment;
ii. Develop interventions to adequately address community felt health needs;
iii. Participate in community development activities in cooperation with community leaders and representatives of other agencies;
iv. Initiate, plan, organize and implement training programs to address identified community health issues;
v. Apply Health Promotion principles (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, research and innovation, advocacy, system thinking, etc) to:
a. Community nutrition issues (growth monitoring etc.);
b. Environmental health (water and sanitation etc.);
c. Control of common, endemic and communicable diseases;
d. Maternal and child health, including family planning and immunization;
e. Rational use of medicinal products and the treatment of minor ailments and injuries;
f. Community dental health;
g. Community mental health; and
h. Community geriatric health.
vi. Mobilize appropriate resources to address identified community health needs;
vii. Demonstrate skills in the design and conduct of original research in Health Promotion.
CURRICULUM FOR THE MPH PROGRAMME
|
|
COURSE TITLE |
SEMESTER |
|||
|
1ST |
2ND |
3RD |
4TH |
||
|
|
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE |
|
|
|
|
|
GEDS 801 |
Religion, Faith and Morality |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
FOUNDATION AND CORE COURSES |
|
|
|
|
|
PHFC 811 |
History, Principles and Practice of Public Health & Primary Health Care |
3 |
- |
|
|
|
PHFC 813 |
Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Surveillance and Public Health Legislations |
3 |
|
|
|
|
PHFC 815 |
Advanced Public Health Nutrition |
3 |
|
|
|
|
PHFC 817 |
Public Health Microbiology, Parasitology & Entomology |
3 |
|
|
|
|
PHFC 819 |
Biostatistics for Public Health |
3 |
|
|
|
|
PHFC 822 |
Computer Applications in Biostatistics |
- |
2 |
|
|
|
PHFC 864 |
Environmental and Occupational Health System |
- |
3 |
|
|
|
PHFC 866 |
Advanced Family and Human reproductive health in Public Health |
- |
3 |
|
|
|
PHFC 828 |
Advanced Research Methods in Public Health |
- |
3 |
|
|
|
PHHP 822 |
Advanced Psycho-behavioural Foundations of Health Promotion in Public Health and Change Process. |
- |
3 |
|
|
|
PHHP 864 |
Coordinated School Health Services |
- |
3 |
|
|
|
PHHP 871 |
Health Instruction and Capacity Building in Health Promotion and education |
|
|
3 |
- |
|
PHHP 873 |
Community Group Process and Social Action in Public Health |
|
|
3 |
- |
|
PHHP 875 |
Health Promotion Programme, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation |
|
|
3 |
- |
|
PHHP 877 |
Health Communication Theories Resources in Health Promotion |
|
|
3 |
|
|
PHHP 839 |
Practicum in Health Promotion and Education/ Internship* |
|
|
4 |
|
|
PHHP 882 |
Contemporary issues in Health Promotion Research Seminars |
|
|
3 |
3 |
|
PHHP 890 |
Dissertation |
|
|
- |
6 |
|
|
TOTAL (62 Credits) |
17 |
17 |
19 |
9 |
*Internship or Community Health Practicum shall be for a period of 4 weeks during which the student shall be in the field for 42 hours per week. This will be organized during the summer preceding the third semester.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Each candidate will be required to take prescribed courses of a total of 62 credits. The candidate should attend lectures, seminars, and practical/demonstrations regularly, and submit term papers when due. Project proposal is to be submitted within the stipulated period. All submissions must follow the Post-Graduate School Format.
FIELDWORK/CLINICAL SETTING/ LABORATORY ATTACHMENT/INTERNSHIP
After the successful completion of the Course Work, each candidate will be attached to a Public Health/Community Health Care Programme for a period of 12 weeks (within the 3 months summer period) under supervision of approved departmental faculty/on-site staff. At the end of the Field Attachment/Internship, the candidate will be assessed based on written reports from the site supervisor, faculty supervisor and the student. The Internship/Attachment carries 4 Credit Units.
DISSERTATION (6 CREDITS)
The M.P.H degree program culminates in a thesis based on original research work leading to a final examination bearing on some aspects of the components of Primary Health Care. The thesis must be written according to the standard prescribed by the Post Graduate College of Babcock University, and in consultation with the student’s supervisor(s). The dissertation carries Six (6) Semester credits.
PERIOD OF STUDY
The minimum period of study for students in the Regular Semester module of the MPH program shall be 4 semesters of 24 months. The maximum period of study for students in the Regular Semester module of the MPH program shall be an additional two semesters (renewal available upon formal written request) after which studentship shall elapse.
COURSE WORK/WRITTEN/ORAL EXAMINATIONS
The MPH programme in Health Promotion shall last for 4 semesters. The minimum CGPA for graduation shall be 2.50. It consists of course work, extended fieldwork and a thesis. The credits for graduation shall be 62 credits distributed as follows: GEDS 2, Foundations 26, Core 34.
The candidate for the MPH degree must appear for oral examination. The composition of the Examiners shall include the supervisor(s), at least one External Examiner and the Head of Department, who shall be the Chief Examiner.
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE FOUNDATION COURSES
The following are the foundation courses for the MPH Health Promotion degree and are to be taken before the core (specialization) courses in Health Ministry and Public Health Nutrition.
