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Certificate in Maternal & Child Health

In this online certificate program, you'll learn about evidence-based approaches to improve the health, safety, and well-being of women, children, and families. This certificate provides the options that you need to customize your learning with both high-level views of maternal and child health (MCH) and deep dives into specific topics like MCH nutrition issues or MCH epidemiologic methods.

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Learn in a flexible online format

You can complete this certificate on a part-time basis over a one-year period, and it's available entirely online.

Gain specialized knowledge

Learn about the unique public health challenges that women and children face and how to promote health and safety in this unique population.

Advance your education & career

Get the education you need to propel your public health career or as a stepping stone to further your graduate education.

Curriculum


 

Course requirement
 Course ID
 Credits

Foundations of Public Health

PUBH 66002
Maternal & Child HealthCBHS 66213
ElectivesSee list below10
  15

 

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Course name
Course ID
Credits
CU Anschutz Medical Campus
Applied Biostatistics IBIOS 66013
Methods In Research & EvaluationCBHS 66123
Program Planning & ImplementationCBHS 66133
Childhood ObesityCBHS 66141
Intimate Partner Violence: Epidemiology, Theory & PreventionCBHS 66161
Nutrition & Public HealthCBHS 66171
Current Research in American Indian & Alaska Native Child Health & DevelopmentCBHS 66181
Public Health in the Global CommunityCBHS 66193
Current & Regional Issues in Maternal & Child HealthCBHS 66251
Maternal NutritionCBHS 66271
Technology-based Health PromotionCBHS 66283
Health & Human RightsCBHS 66293
Introduction to Sexual & Reproductive HealthCBHS 66311
Public Health in the Caribbean & Latin AmericaCBHS 66323
Intensive Study of Public Health Services in CubaCBHS 66333
Adolescent HealthCBHS 66341
Child NutritionCBHS 66351
Early Childhood Health, ACEs, Toxic Stress and Health EquityCBHS 66361
Developmental Screening, Strategies and Referral: A Public Health ApproachCBHS 66411
Women's HealthCBHS 66431
EpidemiologyEPID 66303
Injury & Violence Epidemiology & PreventionEPID 66372
Epidemiology of Foodborne & Diarrheal DiseaseEPID 66412
Public Health GeneticsEPID 66422
Maternal & Child Health EpidemiologyEPID 66443
Maternal & Child Health Program Management & PolicyHSMP 66143
Colorado State University
Risk & ResilienceHDFS 61003
Adolescent DevelopmentHDFS 61203
Women's HealthPSCY 51503
University of Northern Colorado
Contemporary Issues in Social HealthCHBH 52503
Public Health Issues in Reproductive HealthCHBH 5750
3
Program Planning & EvaluationCHBH 6100
3
Methods in Public Health Research & EvaluationCHBH 6150
3
JKF Partners (no more than 6 CLSC credits may apply to the Certificate)
Interventions for Children/Youth with Autism/Neuro-developmental DisabilitiesCLSC 6663
3
Screening & Assessment for Children/Youth with Autism/NDD CLSC 6668
3

 

Identifier Certificate in Maternal and Child Health
CERT-MCH 1 Describe maternal and child health problems in terms of time, magnitude, scope, location, co-occurrence and co-morbidity
CERT-MCH 2
Describe significant past and current national maternal and child health practices, programs, and relevant legislation and apply to the development and delivery of maternal and child health services.
CERT-MCH 3
Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content
CERT-MCH 4
Explain public health history, philosophy and values
CERT-MCH 5
Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services*
CERT-MCH 6
List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program
CERT-MCH 7
Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities

 

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 >

Colorado School of Public Health

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Aurora, CO 80045


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