Master of Public Health: Public Health Epidemiology

University of Toledo

The department of population health offers a variety of degree options and graduate courses. In health, a master of public health is offered with four concentrations. MPH PROGRAM Public health is a multidisciplinary field whose goal is to promote the health of the population through organized community efforts. According to the American Public Health Association (APHA), public health is prevention public health is policy development and population health surveillance and public health save money, improves quality of life, helps children thrive, and reduces human suffering. The MPH degree program is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and can be completed in a minimum of four semesters for full-time students and eight semesters for part-time students. The Public Health Epidemiology concentration prepares students for careers involving the study of the distribution of disease in large groups or from a population-based perspective. The study of epidemiology includes factors affecting disease and disability in population and is a fundamental science of public health and preventive medicine. Epidemiology research traditionally has focused on causes of disease through population study for both infectious and chronic diseases. Epidemiologists attempt to quantify the distribution and establish the determinants of health problems by describing and analyzing the biological, environmental, social, and behavioral factors affecting health, illness, and premature death.

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