Help reduce health disparities
Contribute to reducing Latino health disparities and work to achieve health equity.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.
Help reduce health disparities
Contribute to reducing Latino health disparities and work to achieve health equity.Make a difference
Be part of the pipeline of talented professionals making a difference in the Latino community.Learn from the experts
Receive guidance from highly successful mentors and hear from nationally recognized speakers through our Latino Research & Policy Center.
Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
Latino Health I
| CBHS 6645 | 2 |
Latino Health II | CBHS 6655 | 2 |
Latino Health Mentored Project | CBHS 6665 | 2 |
Foundations in Public Health (CU & UNC) or Public Health Foundations (CSU) | PUBH 6600 (CU & UNC) or PBHC 5160 (CSU) | 2 |
Electives | See list below | 7 |
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 Health | CBHS 6610 | 3 |
Methods in Research & Evaluation | CBHS 6612 | 3 |
Program Planning & Implementation | CBHS 6613 | 3 |
Childhood Obesity | CBHS 6614 | 1 |
Health Literacy & Public Health | CBHS 6615 | 2 |
Intimate Partner Violence | CBHS 6616 | 1 |
Nutrition and Public Health | CBHS 6617 | 1 |
Public Health in the Global Community | CBHs 6619 | 3 |
Survey Research | CBHs 6620 | 3 |
Community Health Assessment | CBHS 6624 | 3 |
Technology-Based Health Promotion | CBHS 6628 | 3 |
Health and Human Rights | CBHs 6629 | 3 |
Intro to Sexual and Reproductive Health | CBHS 6631 | 1 |
Public Health in the Caribbean & Latin America | CBHS 6632 | 3 |
Intensive Study of Public Health Services in Cuba | CBHS 6633 | 3 |
Early Childhood Health, ACEs, Toxic Stress and Health Equity | CBHS 6636 | 1 |
Advanced Qualitative Analysis for Community Health Science | CBHS 6638 | 3 |
Occupational & Environmental Health | EHOH 6614 | 3 |
Environmental Health Policy and Practice | EHOH 6618 | 3 |
Environmental Exposures and Health Effects | EHOH 6619 | 3 |
GIS for Public Health Research/Practice | EHOH 6621 | 3 |
Intro to Public Health in Disasters | EHOH 6622 | 3 |
Geographic Perspective on Global Health | EHOH 6623 | 1 |
Global Response to Disasters and Climate Crises | EHOH 6625 | 3 |
Communication Skills for Public Health Impact | EHOH 6638 | 3 |
Global Health and Disasters | EPID 6628 | 2 |
Epidemiology | EPID 6630 | 3 |
Intro to Health Systems, Management & Policy | HSMP 6601 | 3 |
Health Equity | HSMP 6602 | 3 |
Health Policy | HSMP 6605 | 3 |
Current Global Health Policy Issues | HSMP 6615 | 2 |
CSU | ||
Health Systems, Policy & Management | PBHC 5200 | 3 |
Environmental Public Health and Policy | PBHC 5300 | 3 |
Applied Social Community Health Factors | PBHC 5500 | 3 |
Epidemiology for Public Health | PBHC 5700 | 3 |
UNC | ||
Behavior Change Theories | CHBH 5090 | 3 |
Environmental Health | CHBH 5500 | 3 |
Epidemiology | CHBH 6200 | 3 |
Policy, Advocacy, Leadership & Management in the Community Health | CHBH 6350 | 3 |
Students who successfully complete the certificate program will be able to:
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.
Some examples of mentored projects include the following:
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