The Certificate in Injury Control program provides high quality graduate training in injury control to individuals from a wide array of backgrounds. Students learn the fundamentals of assessing the impact of injuries on the public’s health, identifying groups at highest risk for various types of injuries, understanding the causes of injuries and determining the most effective means of preventing injuries or reducing their severity. Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH, associate professor of Health Policy and Management (HPM) is the director of the Certificate Program.
Students must be admitted to a graduate degree program in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health or be a postdoctoral fellow/student in residence.
Students are required to successfully complete the four courses listed below, designed to teach basic principles of the study and control of injuries. The Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy is designed, in part, to provide opportunities for students to integrate content from other courses. • 305.610 - Issues in Injury and Violence Prevention (1st term, 2 units)* • 305.612 - Epidemiologic Methods in Injury Control (2nd term, 3 units)
• 305.613 - Design and Evaluation of Community Health and Safety Interventions (3rd term, 3 units)
• 305.861 - Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy (1st , 2nd, 3rd or 4th terms, 1 unit)**
*Or, substitute with Principles and Practice in Injury Prevention during the Summer Institute.
**Minimum enrollment is two terms for the Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy. In addition, students must complete at least one of the following courses on a specific injury problem: • 305.630 - Policy, Politics and Transportation Safety (3rd Term, 2 units)
• 305.615 - Occupational Injury Prevention and Safety (4th term, 2 units)
• 301.627 - Understanding and Preventing Violence (4th term, 3 units)
• 221.612 - Confronting the Global Burden of Injuries (2nd term, 3 units, on campus and online)
• 330.374 - Suicide as a Public Health Problem (3rd term, 3 units)
Finally, students must complete at least two of the following injury control strategy courses: Behavioral Sciences Strategies • 410.625 - Injury and Violence Prevention: Behavioral Sciences Theories and Applications (3rd term, 3 units)
• 410.620 - Fundamentals of Health Education and Health Promotion (4th term)
• 410.650 - Introduction to Persuasive Communications (2nd term, 4 units and Winter Intersession)
• 410.651 - Communication Strategies for Health Education and Promotion (3rd term, 4 units)
• 410.630 - Implementation and Sustainability of Community-Based Health Programs (4th term, 3 units)
Legal and Policy Advocacy Strategies • 301.645 - Health Advocacy (2nd term, 3 units, Barcelona, Spain)
• 301.645 - Health Advocacy (4th term, 3 units, on campus)
• 306.650 - Public Health and the Law (3 units)
• 300.712 - Health Policy II: Public Health Policy Formulation (2nd term, 3 units)
• 300.714 - Health Policy IV: Health Policy Analysis and Synthesis (4th term, 3 units)
• 317.600 – Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy (1st term, 3 units, on campus)
• 317.600 – Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy (3rd term, 3 units, online)
• 317.600 – Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy (Summer Intersession, 3 units)
Although most of the strategy courses are not “injury courses” per se, the strategies addressed in these courses have been applied to the problem of injuries, and injuries are discussed as examples in these classes. Students must successfully complete a minimum of 18 credit hours among the required and elective courses.
Students with special interests in injury control content areas or strategies not covered by the courses being offered may be permitted to substitute independent studies for one of the content or strategy course requirements. Independent studies intended to meet program requirements must be approved by one of the program’s faculty advisors. Except for the Graduate Seminar, students must take all required courses for a letter grade and maintain a 3.3 grade point average in the courses taken for certificate credit.
Students must complete an application form for the certificate program and submit it to:
Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH
Department of Health Policy and Management
Hampton House Room 593
624 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205-1996
410-955-0440
dwebster@jhsph.edu
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