Program Overview

Injury and Violence Prevention Certificate Program

Overview

The Injury and Violence Prevention Certificate Program is designed to provide students with specialized training in the prevention, analysis, and control of intentional and unintentional injuries. This program is available to JHU students only.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of the certificate program, students will be able to:

1. Describe and explain the importance of injury and/or violence as a major public health problem
2. Access, interpret, use, and present injury and/or violence data
3. Use problem-solving methodology to identify and develop appropriate intervention strategies
4. Evaluate injury and/or violence prevention activities
5. Develop, synthesize, and apply knowledge by compiling an integrated program plan to address an injury and/or problem of interest
6. Stimulate change related to injury and/or violence prevention through policy, enforcement, advocacy, and education
7. Disseminate information on injury and/or violence prevention to the community, policymakers, leaders, and other key stakeholders
8. Acquire in-depth knowledge, skills, and best practices necessary to address at least one specific injury and/or violence prevention topic and one type of intervention strategy

Admissions

Contact information and complete information about applying to the certificate program are available on the Bloomberg School of Public Health website.

Sponsoring Department

The sponsoring department for this certificate program is Health Policy and Management.

Requirements for Successful Completion

To complete the certificate program, students must:

• Complete at least 20 credit hours among the required and elective courses
• Maintain a 2.75 or better overall GPA for all certificate coursework
• Complete the certificate program within three years
• Submit a Notification of Completion to the Registrar

Course of Study

The course of study includes:

• Required courses:
  • PH.550.860: Academic & Research Ethics at BSPH (online, non-credit)
  • One of the following:
    • PH.305.610: Issues in Injury and Violence Prevention (onsite, 1st term, 2 credits)
    • PH.305.670: Principles and Practice of Injury Prevention (onsite and online, Summer Institute, 3 credits)
    • PH.305.865: Advanced Injury Institute: Suicide Prevention (online, Summer Institute, 1 credit)
  • PH.305.861: Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy (virtual, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th terms, 1 credit)
• Elective courses:
  • Two courses on specific injury problems:
    • PH.180.676: Occupational Injury Prevention and Safety Policy and Practice (online, 4th term, 2 credits)
    • PH.301.627: Understanding and Preventing Violence (onsite and online, 2nd term, 3 credits)
    • PH.301.650: Crafting Effective Solutions to Gun Violence: Problem Solving Seminar (online, 4th term, 3 credits)
    • PH.305.630: Transportation Policy, Equity and Health (online, 4th term, 2 credits)
    • PH.305.866: Advanced Injury Institute: Overdose Prevention (online, Summer Institute, 1 credit)
    • PH.330.640: Childhood Victimization: A Public Health Perspective (online and onsite, 4th term, 3 credits)
    • PH.330.674: Suicide As A Public Health Problem (onsite and online, 4th term, 3 credits)
    • PH.380.663: Gender-Based Violence Research, Practice and Policy: Issues and Current Controversies (onsite and online, 3rd term, 3 credits)
  • Two injury control methods courses:
    • PH.300.712: Formulating Policy: Strategies and Systems of Policymaking in the 21st Century (online, 2nd term, 3 credits)
    • PH.301.645: Health Advocacy (online, 2nd and 3rd terms and Summer Institute, 3 credits)
    • PH.306.650: Public Health and the Law (onsite, 3rd term, 3 credits)
    • PH.317.600: Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy (onsite, 1st term and online, 3rd term, 4 credits)
    • PH.410.620: Program Planning for Health Behavior Change (onsite, 1st term and Winter Institute and online, Summer and Winter Institutes, 3 credits)
    • PH.410.630: Implementation and Sustainability of Community-Based Health Programs (online, 3rd term, 3 credits)
    • PH.410.650: Introduction to Persuasive Communications: Theories and Practice (onsite, 2nd term and online and onsite, Winter Institute, 4 credits)
    • PH.410.651: Health Literacy: Challenges and Strategies for Effective Communication (onsite, 2nd term and onsite and online, Winter Institute, 3 credits)
    • PH.410.663: Media Advocacy and Public Health: Theory and Practice (onsite, 4th term, 3 credits)
• Recommended courses:
  • PH.300.713: Research and Evaluation Methods for Health Policy (onsite, 3rd term, 3 credits)
  • PH.305.684: Health Impact Assessment (online, 3rd term, 3 credits)