Master of Public Health (MPH@GW), Women, Youth, and Child Health Concentration

Program Director: G. Gray

The MPH@GW concentration in women, youth, and child health is grounded in a life course perspective as an organizing framework that acknowledges distinct periods in human development and presents both risks and opportunities for interventions. Further, the academic program explores the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates the biological, demographic, epidemiological, developmental, environmental, behavioral, and social characteristics that are unique to the health and well-being of women, children, adolescents, and families in the United States and around the world. 

Visit the program website for additional information.

Visit the Milken Institute School of Public Health website for additional information about academic programs and information about GWSPH. Graduate admissions information, including application requirements and deadlines, can be found on the GWSPH Graduate Admissions website.

The following requirements must be fulfilled: 45 credits including; 19 credits in core courses, including the culminating experience; 10 credits in program-specific courses; 13 credits in concentration-specific courses; and 3 credits in elective courses.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required
Core courses
PUBH 6000	MPH Applied Practice Experience
PUBH 6002	Biostatistical Applications for Public Health
PUBH 6003	Principles and Practices of Epidemiology
PUBH 6007	Social and Behavioral Approaches to Public Health
PUBH 6009	Fundamentals of Public Health Program Evaluation
PUBH 6011	Environmental and Biological Foundations of Public Health
PUBH 6012	Fundamentals of Health Policy
PUBH 6021	Essentials of Public Health Practice and Leadership I
PUBH 6022	Essentials of Public Health Practice and Leadership II
PUBH 6023	Interprofessional Education Experience
PUBH 6060	MPH@GW Culminating Experience I
PUBH 6061	MPH@GW Culminating Experience II
Program-specific courses
PUBH 6052	Practical Data Management and Analysis for Public Health
PUBH 6442	Comparative Global Health Systems
PUBH 6500	Planning and Implementing Health Promotion Programs
PUBH 6503	Introduction to Public Health Communication and Marketing
Concentration-specific courses
PUBH 6550	Maternal and Child Health I
PUBH 6552	Women's Health
PUBH 6563	Global Child Health
PUBH 6451	Monitoring/Evaluation of Sexual/Reproductive Health Programs in Low- and Middle- Income Countries
Selectives
4 credits in courses selected from the following:
PUBH 6054	Community Engagement and Advocacy
PUBH 6058	Researching Violence Against Women and Girls
PUBH 6335	Public Health and Law
PUBH 6400	Global Health Frameworks
PUBH 6452	Social and Behavior Change Communication in Middle- to Low-Income Countries
PUBH 6455	Global Vaccinology
PUBH 6480	Public Health in Humanitarian Settings
PUBH 6489	Evaluation of Food and Nutrition Programs and Policies
PUBH 6514	Preventing Health Disparities
Electives
3 credits in any graduate-level PUBH courses.

Visit the MPH@GW website for an up-to-date list of elective options.