Primary Health Care (PHC) is enthusiastically gaining momentum and acceptance worldwide as the most cost-effective alternative for addressing prevailing health situations in the community. Health care is diverse and Health Promotion appears to run through all the components of PHC. Thus, Health Promotion professionals must be adequately prepared to deliver relevant, functional and acceptable interventions related to health advocacy, health communication, health leadership, health care management, etc. Our faculty and students examine and apply health promotion principles to environmental health issues, access to health care services, health policies, social and contextual factors, etc. We acknowledge that efforts to improve health must go beyond the treatment of diseases and must address all conditions affecting the health of populations including human behaviour, socio-economic conditions, and environmental impacts on human health. To achieve reduced burden of disease and improved quality of life, Public Health specialists with the relevant knowledge, skills and vision are highly needed to advance the goals of PHC.
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2ND SEM |
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2ND |
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GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT |
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GEDS 901 |
Personal and Family Wholeness |
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GEDS 911 |
Research Proposal and Writing |
2 |
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GEDS 912 |
Advanced Research Design |
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2 |
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CORE COURSES |
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PHFC 911 |
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3 |
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PHFC 913 |
Advanced Epidemiology, Disease Control and Surveillance |
3 |
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PHFC 915 |
Advanced Public Health Nutrition |
3 |
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PHFC 918 |
Advanced Research Methods in Public Health |
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3 |
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PHFC 919 |
Intermediate Biostatistics for Public Health |
3 |
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PHFC 922 |
Applied Biostatistics in Public Health |
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3 |
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PHFC 925 |
Health System Administration and Management |
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3 |
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PHFC 926 |
Advanced Environmental and Occupational Health |
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3 |
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PHHP 928 |
Advanced Health Promotion: Concepts and Issues |
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3 |
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PHFC 916 |
Bio-ethical Issues in Public Health |
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3 |
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PHHP 942 |
Supervised Field work Practice/Community Care Practicum |
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4 |
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PHHP 932 |
Ecology of Human Health & Mechanisms of Health & Disease |
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3 |
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PHHP 934
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Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Health Promotion |
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3
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PHHP 933 |
Behavioural Concepts Applicable to Public Health |
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3 |
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PHHP 900 |
Biblical Perspective on Public Health |
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3 |
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PHHP 990 |
Thesis |
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4 |
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Elective Course |
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3 |
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TOTAL CREDITS (71) |
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14 |
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NOTE: Candidates in consultation with the Departmental Head and PG Coordinator are to pick one elective course from the list below in the 1st semester of the 2nd year. All elective courses are offered for 3 credits each.
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PHEC 931 |
Policy Issues and Advocacy in Public Health |
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PHEC 933 |
Drug Use of Public Health Importance |
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PHEC 935 |
Advanced Public Health Microbiology, Parasitology, and Entomology |
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PHEC 937 |
Advanced Family and Human Reproductive Health |
"Public health depends on winning over hearts and minds. It's not enough to just have a good policy, you have to convince people to actually follow it."
~ Leana S. Wen
(1) The entry requirements into the PhD degree in Health Promotion and Education shall be a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at not less than CGPA of 4.0 on a 5-point scale.
(2) Applicants must satisfy the ‘Ordinary’ level first degree matriculation requirements of Babcock University, that is ‘O’ level credit passes at not more than two sittings, including English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics or one other appropriate subject.
(3) In addition to the above requirements, candidates with at least a Bachelor of Science in Public Health (Honors) Degree, Second Class Lower Division of Babcock University or any other recognized University, in any of the Basic Sciences, Medical/Health Sciences, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Environmental Health, Health Education, Home Economics, Nutrition & Dietetics, Medical/Health Records, Demography & Social Statistics, Medical Ecology/Geography, Health Services Administration and Management, Medical Sociology/Anthropology and other Health related, Art and Social Sciences disciplines.
Admission shall be made to the Postgraduate School on the recommendation of the Department Postgraduate Committee. Recommendation for Admission will be based on candidate’s performance in the screening exercise (written/oral) to be conducted by the Department. Applicants are also expected to write a two- page proposal on their research interest.
