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Health Promotion
Oregon MPH at Oregon State University & Portland State University
The goal of the Health Promotion track is to prepare students for advanced study or professional work in the fields of community health and health promotion in a wide variety of settings. The Health Promotion curriculum prepares students to utilize public health approaches to develop, administer, implement, and evaluate culturally sensitive health promotion and behavior change programs, and to mobilize community resources for planned social change.
Track Learning Competencies
Students graduating from this track will be able to:
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Apply theory in the development, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion interventions, programs, and policies.
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Develop interventions and programs to effect change at multiple levels, including individual, community, organizations, and policy.
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Design and implement strategies to promote health.
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Solicit and integrate input from community and organization stakeholders.
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Design and deliver health communication messages.
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Evaluate and interpret results from program evaluations and other research.
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Define research problems, frame research questions, design research procedures, and outline methods of analysis.
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Apply ethical principles that govern the practice of public health.
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Enact cultural competency in diverse social and cultural communities.
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Develop a substantive area of emphasis.
Track Information:
- The Health Promotion Track is offered at both Portland State University and Oregon State University.
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Admissions Information:
School of Community Health 503-725-4401 SCHinfo@pdx.edu Curricular Information Related web resources:
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Admissions Information:
Department of Public Health 541-737-3825 eileen.kaspar@oregonstate.edu
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Meet Melissa Wei!
As a MPH student in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics track at OHSU, excelled in the area of research. Aside from her outstanding achievements at OHSU, Melissa has also impressed the public health community with her efforts as a research assistant at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Her research on calcium and magnesium intake and the risk of colorectal adenomas has important implications for cancer control and public health. She has a great passion for integrating nutrition and prevention principles into the practice of medicine. Melissa has a very bright future ahead of her as a nutritional epidemiologist and researcher, a future that is amply supported by her growing body of scholarly work.
