SPHG 722: Developing, Implementing & Evaluating Public Health Solutions
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites SPHG 711, SPHG 712, SPHG 713; Pre/Co-requisite: SPHG 721
Course Overview
This course is completed as part of the 14-credit integrated core public health training program completed by all MPH students in UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
In other MPH Core courses, students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and describe public health issues, articulate and answer key research questions related to public health issues, and conceptualize solutions to public health problems. In this course, students will learn how to develop, implement, and evaluate public health solutions. Students will develop skills to help refine and enhance their understanding of specific public health problems, identify and prioritize potential solutions, adapt evidence-based interventions for a particular context, develop proposed solutions, and secure buy-in to implement solutions.
Additionally, students will learn how to identify and effectively engage with stakeholders throughout this process and how to plan for, conduct, and disseminate the results of program and policy evaluations.
Comprehensive Exam:
Students will respond to the MPH Comprehensive Exam questions based upon the SPHG 722 project.