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Certificate in Climate & Disaster Resilience

You can complete this program entirely online, take your classes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, or do a mix of both. In this program, you'll learn how to promote the health of communities threatened by natural hazards, incidents of mass violence, civil conflict, infectious disease outbreaks, and other emergent public health threats. This interdisciplinary certificate focuses on training the leaders of tomorrow to help domestic and international communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. In addition, you'll get hands-on experience through table-top and field simulation exercises.

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Gain practical experience

Put evidence into practice with action-oriented table-top and field simulation exercises.

Advance your career

Fill an identified gap in public health disaster and humanitarian response training.

Learn disaster prep skills

Learn how to help communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

Curriculum


 

Course requirement
 Course ID
 Credits
Introduction to Public Health in Disasters
EHOH 66223
Global Response to Disasters and Climate CrisesEHOH 66253
Disasters and Climate Crises: Practical Applications

 

EHOH 6626

 

3
Electives
6
  15

 

Curriculum meets U.S. and global standards, including national health security capabilities and humanitarian competencies.

Required selective (choose one of the following two courses. If both courses are taken, one will count as an elective):

CourseCourse ID
Credits
Climate and Disaster Mental Health EHOH 6642 3
Research Methods: Climate, Disaster and Humanitarian Perspectives EHOH 6645 3

 

Approved electives (minimum of 3 credits from the following):

CourseCourse ID
Credits
CU Anschutz electives
  
Public Health in the Global Community CBHS 6619 3
Community Health Assessment CBHS 6624 3
Health and Human Rights CBHS 6629      3
Risk Assessment and Decision Making EHOH 6620 3
GIS for Public Health Research and Practice EHOH 6621 3
Geographic Perspective on Global Health EHOH 6623 1
Infectious Disease Environmental Context EHOH 6624 3
International Travel and Health EHOH 6633 1
Climate Change and Health EHOH 6635 3
Communication Skills for Public Health Impact EHOH 6638      3
Public Health Surveillance EPID 6624 2
Global Health and Disasters EPID 6628 2
Applied Global Health Epidemiology EPID 6634 2
Infectious Disease Epidemiology EPID 6635 2
Investigation of Disease Outbreaks EPID 6640 2
Ethical and Legal Issues in Public Health HSMP 6608 2
Current Global Health Policy Issues HSMP 6615 2
Comparative Health Systems HSMP 6618 2
CSU electives
  
The Culture of Disaster  ANTP 5320 3
Food, Hunger and Culture ANTP 5380 3
Food Systems, Nutrition and Food Security FSHN 5000 2
Applications of International Development IEOO 6790 3

 


  • Comprehension of an all-hazards approach to disasters, including climate-related events, natural hazards, disease outbreaks, acts of violence, technological disasters, complex and cascading crises
  • Demonstration of knowledge of why and how climate variability and change create hazards and disasters
  • Analysis of public health implications of disasters, including how outcomes differ by event type
  • Comprehension of public health informed climate and disaster cycle frameworks for mitigation, preparation, response and recovery
  • Application of public health approaches to climate and disaster events, including hazards and risk analysis, mitigation and preparedness, incident management and response coordination
  • Synthesis of knowledge of social determinants of climate and disaster vulnerability, including factors that influence exposure risk, response and recovery
  • Application of best practice public health climate and disaster interventions, focused on increasing adaptive capacity, fostering resilience, incorporating social justice or promoting equity
  • Comprehension of practice-oriented frameworks, including core capabilities associated with climate change adaptation and resilience, and national and global public health emergency preparedness and response

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 >

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Aurora, CO 80045


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