Certificate in Latino Health

 

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: 

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.

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.