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MPH Concentration in Women's and Reproductive Health
The MPH concentration in Women's and Reproductive Health focuses on understanding the health status of women with regard to their general and reproductive health, the determinants of their health status, preventive strategies and programs to address women's health and well being, as well as the health of their newborns. Students may opt to focus on women's, reproductive, or perinatal health issues, either domestically or in a developing country setting. The concentration provides students with competencies and understanding in several critical areas including:
- The scope and magnitude of health problems for women with regard to their health in general or reproductive health, with a focus across the life span, and including infectious, chronic and disabling conditions
- The determinants of women's and reproductive health, including socioeconomic, cultural, behavioral, environmental, political and other determinants
- Analytic skills in the core MPH courses, as they are applied to women's and reproductive health as well as other skills including demographic, evaluation, and epidemiologic methods
- Development and implementation of public health programs and clinical interventions to improve the reproductive health and well being of women, including programs related to family planning services, safe motherhood, or health during the reproductive years
Course of Study
380.604 Life Course Perspectives on Health* 4 units 1st term [Internet - 1st term]
380.666 Women's Health 3 units 3rd term 380.668 International Perspectives on Women, Gender and Health 3 units 3rd term 380.664 Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology 4 units 4th term 380.624 Maternal & Child Health Legislation and Programs 4 units 2nd term 380.665 Family Planning Policies and Programs 4 units 3rd term 380.667 Women's Health Policy 3 units 4th term 380.771 Understanding International Reproductive Health Policy 3 units 4th term (offered every other year; next offered in 2012-13) 221.627 Issues in the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Low Income Countries 4 units 2nd term 380.761 STI in Public Health Practice* 4 units 3rd term [Internet - 4th term] 380.661 Clinical Aspects of Maternal and Newborn Health 3 units 4th term 380.760 Clinical Aspects of Reproductive Health 3 units 3rd term 120.620 Fundamentals of Reproductive Biology* 3 units 1st term 380.641 Prenatal Infant Growth & Development 3 units 1st term 380.767 Couples and Reproductive Health 3 units 1st term 380.655 Social and Economic Aspects of Human Fertility 4 units 1st term (offered every other year, offered 2010-11) 380.765 Preventing Infant Mortality & Promoting the Health of Women, Infants & Children 3 units 4th term - Internet Only
380.662 Critiquing the Research Literature in Maternal, Neonatal and Reproductive Health 4 units 2nd term 380.762 HIV Infection in Women, Children and Adolescents 4 units 4th term [Internet - 4th term] *Also fulfills MPH core requirement.
Capstone Experience
The MPH capstone experience in Women's and Reproductive Health is an opportunity for students to apply the competencies and skills acquired through coursework and other related educational activities (e.g. practicum). Most students fulfill the capstone by undertaking independent investigation with a concentration-affiliated faculty. The project may involve, but is not limited to, undertaking a data analysis, literature review with a focus on policy and programmatic implications, or an analysis of a public health problem using the problem solving paradigm or other related conceptual models. Students register for the 2 unit MPH Capstone Course (XXX.800) in the fourth term. Students may also take an additional 1-4 units of special studies research (XXX.840) for the capstone experience, beginning as early as the second term under the direction of the student's capstone advisor. A written product is required.
Capstone Presentation
The MPH concentration in Women's and Reproductive Health Capstone presentations will be held during a separate evening session prior to the Saturday Capstone Project Symposium.
Maternal and Child Health Certificate
Students in the Women's and Reproductive Health Concentration may also pursue the Maternal and Child Health Certificate. However, there are additional course requirements outside the concentration requirements.
Faculty Concentration Directors
Donna Strobino, PhD, Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health, 410-502-5451
Michelle Hindin, PhD, Associate Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health, 410-502-6038