Program Overview

Global Health Practice, Certificate

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health offers a fully online, part-time certificate program in Global Health Practice, designed for working professionals. This program is geared toward early-to-mid-career health professionals in the public, private, and NGO sectors.

Overview

The certificate program provides students with an overview of the basic components of global or international health, including health systems, health information, epidemiology/disease control, maternal and child health, and social, cultural, and behavioral factors in health and disease. This innovative program prepares students from diverse personal and professional backgrounds to organize, lead, and support effective global health practice initiatives across the globe.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of the Certificate program in Global Health Practice, the individual will acquire the skills necessary to:

• Apply capacity-building processes to global health programming in low and middle-income countries
• Identify and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders whose active participation is required for successful global health programming at the community, sub-national, national, and regional levels
• Apply ethical reasoning to the policy and programming decisions needed for designing and implementing global health programs in low and middle-income countries
• Exhibit a health equity and social justice lens in the design and conduct of global health programs
• Apply appropriate management processes in the design, implementation, and evaluation of global health programs
• Demonstrate social, cultural, and political awareness of the context in which global health programming takes place
• Conduct strategic analysis of factors that influence the success of global health programming

Program Requirements

The certificate program requires a minimum of 20 term credits and a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.75. Students must earn a minimum grade on a set of required program-specific core courses: Pass for courses offered only on a pass/fail basis and a C or higher for courses offered for letter grading. The certificate program length is flexible; it can be completed in as little as one year and must be completed within three years.

Course of Study

The plan of study includes the following courses:

• PH.550.860: Academic & Research Ethics at BSPH
• PH.600.601 or PH.607.704: Seminars in Public Health or Essential Medicines, Commodities and Supplies Needed for Community Level Primary Health Care Interventions
• PH.606.601: Fundamentals in Global Health Practice
• PH.604.621: Design and Planning of Primary Health Care Projects
• PH.604.604: Global Epidemiology Policies and Programs
• PH.600.701 or PH.607.735: Introduction to Epidemiology or Planning Training and Learning Programs for Community Health Workers
• PH.604.771: Social & Cultural Basis for Community and Primary Health Programs

Notification of Certificate Program Completion

Students in MAS certificate programs must contact the MAS Program office before the end of the add/drop period of the term of the last certificate course; certificate program completions cannot be processed retroactively. The certificate cannot be granted or included in the transcript until completion is verified by the certificate program (MAS Office). Certificates will be ordered for students approximately one month after the end of the term in the summer, spring, and fall.