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Academics

Our public health program prepares graduates for lives of professional contribution and leadership.

Duration of Program

The program extends over Twelve Month (One year) , consists of two semesters with the first semester starting in August to December. The second semester starts from mid-January to May. A semester is 16 weeks, of which 13 weeks are used for teaching, one week for revision and 2 weeks for examination

Required competencies

The competencies to be acquired by all students by the end of the year of the MPH program are shown in the table below.

FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES

1. Apply epidemiological methods to settings and situations in public health practice	2. Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
3. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate	4. Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice
5. Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health, and regulatory systems across national and international settings	6. Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving
7. Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health	8. Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design, implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs
9. Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention	10. Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management
11. Select methods to evaluate public health programs	12. Discuss the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
13. Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes	14. Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
15. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity	16. Apply leadership and/or management principles to address a relevant issue
17. Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges	18. Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
19. Communicate audience-appropriate (i.e., non-academic, non-peer audience) public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation	20. Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content
21. Integrate perspectives from other sectors and/or professions to promote and advance population health	22. Apply a systems’ thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than a standard narrative

GENERALISTS COMPETENCIES

1. Apply health promotion skills to low resource settings to improve the well-being of communities	2. Apply entrepreneurial thinking skills and dimensions through public health approach to solving community health problems
3. Apply tools and concepts beyond the traditional public scope to innovatively solve health challenges at the district level	4. Apply standards of professionalism, principle-based practice and ethics in addressing public health issues through public health practice and research
5. Demonstrate effective community engagement skills for public health practice, including activities that inform, educate and empower targeted audences

Objectives of the MPH program

Across our faculties, we have research teams working on creating solutions, preventing chronic illness, and more sustainable ways of living. The MPH program aims at training highly skilled public health professionals who will be able to identify, analyze and intervene in today’s most pressing public health challenges in their immediate communities, and the country at large, and also make impacts on the global scale.

At Ensign Global College, the MPH program develops high-quality and sustainable training strategies to prepare public health leaders with a comprehensive understanding of health and the capacity to address the various challenges of public health at the different levels of the health system.

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Ensign Global College P.O.Box AK 136 Akosombo- E/R Ghana
Phone: (+233) 245 762 229 / (+233) 209 367 829
Email: info@ensign.edu.gh