Speciality Area in Maternal Child Health
Maternal & Child Health is both an area of concentration and a specialty area. The specialty area track is available to two-year or doctoral students enrolled in any of the other admitting units within the School of Public Health.
The Maternal & Child Health Specialty Area track requires 9 units of MCH courses.
Required Course
- PH 210 Maternal & Child Health Specialty Area Core Course
- PH 205 Program Planning, Development and Evaluation
- PH 207A Public Health Aspects of Maternal & Child Health Nutrition
- PH 210C Needs Assessment
- PH 210D Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology Eskenazi
- PH 212A International Maternal & Child Health
- PH 212C Health and Social Policy in Mexico and Latin America
- PH 213A Family Planning, Population Change and Health
- PH 251A Practicum in Epidemiologic Methods
- PH 253C An Overview of the AIDS Epidemic
- PH 290-4 Community-Based Research: Design, Method & Analysis
- PH 290-5 Adolescentent Public Health Issues
- PH 290-6 Continuing Policy Issues in Family, Women, & Children's Health
At the time of graduation, each student who successfully completes the certificate requirements will receive a letter signed by the specialty area head and the dean of the School of Public Health.
Students interested in pursuing course work and/or research in Maternal & Child Health should apply to any of the regular academic programs of the School of Public Health.
Students planning to complete a specialty area in Maternal & Child Health must contact the MCH assistant director at (510) 643-4991.