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Certificate in Latino Health

This certificate, offered at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, is designed to develop the talent pipeline of individuals who can make a difference in the Latino community. In this program, you'll gain a theoretical framework for addressing health disparities in the Latino community, guidance from highly successful mentors, and the opportunity to be involved in relevant experiential learning projects.

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Learn from the experts

Receive guidance from highly successful mentors and hear from nationally recognized speakers through our Latino Research & Policy Center.

Make a difference

Be part of the pipeline of talented professionals making a difference in the Latino community.

Help reduce health disparities

Contribute to reducing Latino health disparities and work to achieve health equity.


Curriculum


 

Course requirement
 Course ID
 Credits

Latino Health I

 

CBHS 66452
Latino Health IICBHS 66552
Latino Health Mentored ProjectCBHS 66652
Foundations in Public Health (CU & UNC) or Public Health Foundations (CSU)PUBH 6600 (CU & UNC) or PBHC 5160 (CSU)2
ElectivesSee list below7
  15

Students enroll in a minimum of 7 credit hours of approved electives. Substitutions for the elective courses may be reviewed and approved by the program director.

Course name
Course ID
Credits
CU Anschutz
Social & Behavioral Factors and HealthCBHS 66103
Methods in Research & EvaluationCBHS 66123
Program Planning & ImplementationCBHS 66133
Childhood ObesityCBHS 66141
​Health Literacy & Public HealthCBHS 66152
Intimate Partner ViolenceCBHS 66161
Nutrition and Public HealthCBHS 66171
Public Health in the Global CommunityCBHs 66193
Survey ResearchCBHs 66203
Community Health AssessmentCBHS 66243
Technology-Based Health PromotionCBHS 66283
Health and Human RightsCBHs 66293
Intro to Sexual and Reproductive HealthCBHS 66311
Public Health in the Caribbean & Latin AmericaCBHS 66323
Intensive Study of Public Health Services in CubaCBHS 66333
Early Childhood Health, ACEs, Toxic Stress and Health EquityCBHS 66361
Advanced Qualitative Analysis for Community Health ScienceCBHS 66383
Occupational & Environmental HealthEHOH 66143
Environmental Health Policy and PracticeEHOH 66183
Environmental Exposures and Health EffectsEHOH 66193
GIS for Public Health Research/PracticeEHOH 66213
Intro to Public Health in DisastersEHOH 66223
Geographic Perspective on Global HealthEHOH 66231
Global Response to Disasters and Climate CrisesEHOH 66253
Communication Skills for Public Health ImpactEHOH 66383
Global Health and DisastersEPID 66282
EpidemiologyEPID 66303
​Intro to Health Systems, Management & PolicyHSMP 66013
Health EquityHSMP 66023
​Health PolicyHSMP 66053
Current Global Health Policy IssuesHSMP 66152
CSU
Health Systems, Policy & ManagementPBHC 52003
Environmental Public Health and PolicyPBHC 53003
Applied Social Community Health FactorsPBHC 55003
​Epidemiology for Public HealthPBHC 57003
UNC
Behavior Change TheoriesCHBH 50903
Environmental HealthCHBH 55003
​EpidemiologyCHBH 62003
​Policy, Advocacy, Leadership & Management in the Community HealthCHBH 63503

Students who successfully complete the certificate program will be able to: 

  1. Describe and analyze the determinants and the globalization of health as well as the health status of a given jurisdiction using credible data sources.
  2. Identify and describe health disparities among various Latino groups and between Latinos and other US populations. 
  3. Explain how the acculturation process and generational status of immigrant Latinos influences health and chronic disease status. 
  4. Understand and explain the socio-cultural determinants of Latinx health disparities. 
  5. Research and critically review the literature to identify best practices and evidence-based interventions that effectively address Latinx health disparities 
  6. Participate in planning, implementation and/or evaluation of prevention strategies or interventions applied to real-life situations aimed at reducing health disparities and inequities of the Latinx population. 
  7. Engage with a network of policy makers, professional organizations, resources, and academic and research professionals to promote health and wellbeing in Latinx communities. 
  8. Learn about community assessment and program implementation and evaluation in Latinx communities by interacting with faculty and leaders who that have successfully developed ongoing research and/or implemented service programs and projects.

Total credits: 15

MPH students also completing a concurrent specialty certificate will need to meet the requirements of both the MPH and the certificate with only nine overlapping credits and have a minimum of 48 total credits to graduate with both.
View the course book and course schedule >

AIM-AHEAD Scholarship


This scholarship is supported by the National Institutes of Health’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD). It was created to help integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) into the Certificate in Latino Health program by building connections between students and potential mentors working in AI/ML and offering electives to enhance AI/ML skills.

Thanks to AIM-AHED funding, the Latino Research & Policy Center offers this scholarship for students to enroll in the Certificate in Latino Health.

Scholarship students will complete the certificate, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) courses as certificate electives, and conduct a mentored project related to Latino health and AI/ML. The mentored project will pair the student with a faculty mentor working in the area of AI/ML.


Some examples of mentored projects include the following:

  • Evaluating virtual reality designed interventions in cancer prevention, early detection, and survivorship implemented at community-based centers and treatment hospitals.
  • Working with the mHealth Impact Lab to implement and evaluate the use of a chat bot focused on chronic diseases in primary healthcare settings.
  • Working on designing, implementing and managing a dig database for patient and organization data related to the implementation of a medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders program in rural Colorado.

Please contact Claudia Amura PhD, MPH, Director of the Certificate in Latino Health, at Claudia.Amura@cuanschutz.edu for more information.

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Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045


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