Goals and Objectives

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000" background="041c8c00dkcfsz.png"> <div> <B>Goals</B></div> <div> <B>and</B></div> <div> <B>Objectives</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://hhd.csun.edu/hsci/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://hhd.csun.edu/hsci/"><U><B><IMG SRC="0a63f310.png" border=0 width="63" height="49" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Return to Health Sciences Department Home Page</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#666633" FACE="Arial" ><B>California State University, Northridge                 MPH Program</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California State University, Northridge "><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Application"><U>Application</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>Mission</U></A>   |   <B>Goals and Objectives</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Values"><U>Values</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Faculty"><U>Faculty</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MPH Student Association"><U>MPH Student Association</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Most Commonly Asked Questions About the "><U>Most Commonly Asked Questions About the MPH </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Instructional Program"><U>Instructional Program</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Internship"><U>Internship</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Culminating Experience"><U>Culminating Experience</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Professional Opportunities"><U>Professional Opportunities</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alumni Association"><U>Alumni Association</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conditional Status"><U>Conditional Status</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bulletin Board"><U>Bulletin Board</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is CHES?"><U>What is CHES?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MPH 2005 Accreditation Report "><U>MPH 2005 Accreditation Report </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cultural Assessment in Health Education "><U>Cultural Assessment in Health Education and Health Promotion Workshop</U></A></div> <div> <I>Goals and Objectives</I></div> <div> <B>Goal 1: To ensure that MPH students develop a mastery of public health and health education knowledge and skills.</B></div> <div> <B>Objective 1.1</B>: All MPH graduates will demonstrate a mastery of public health and health education knowledge and skills including community health education program planning, implementation, and evaluation; theories and application of health behavior change assessment and interventions; community organization; curriculum design; administration of health education programs and services; epidemiology, environmental health; research design, and bio-statistics.</div> <div> <B>Objective 1.2</B>: All MPH graduates will develop a mastery of skills that are required to use electronic media currently employed in the public health and health education field.</div> <div> <B>Objective 1.3</B>: All<B> </B>MPH graduates will demonstrate knowledge and skills associated with multicultural influences and considerations that may impact on the delivery of culturally competent public health and health education interventions.</div> <div> <B>Goal 2: To ensure that MPH graduate students are prepared to practice public health and health education with a clear understanding of the values and ethics that underline and define the profession.</B></div> <div> <B>Objective: </B>All MPH graduates will demonstrate knowledge of the values and ethics that guide the practice of public health and health education.</div> <div> <B>Goal 3: To ensure that all MPH graduates are prepared to assume leadership roles ina wide variety of public health and health education settings.</B></div> <div> <B>Objective 3.1</B>: All MPH graduates will complete a community-based 400 hour internship to gain an understanding of public health service and the role of the health educator within these settings.</div> <div> <B>Objective 3.2</B>: All MPH graduates will participate in a field training course to share, discuss and process their field training experience.</div> <div> <B>Goal 4: To promote an active research agenda among all full-time health education faculty regardless of whether the research agenda is funded or not.</B></div> <div> <B>Objective 4.1</B>: All full-time health education faculty will be engaged in an active research agenda whether said research is funded or not.</div> <div> <B>Objective 4.2</B>: Where possible or appropriate, to involve MPH students in faculty research projects each academic year.</div> <div> <B>Goal 5: To conduct continuing education programs for health education professionals either alone or in partnership with other agencies or organizations interested in supporting these activities.</B></div> <div> <B>Objective</B>: To plan, implement, and evaluate at least one continuing education program per year for CHES credit for health education professionals in the CSUN service area.</div> <div> <B>Goal 6: To promote student involvement in the conduct of program evaluation activates, policy setting, and decision-making.</B></div> <div> <B>Objective 6.1</B>: At least 50% of MPH graduate students will be active members in the MPH Student Association.</div> <div> <B>Objective 6.2</B>: A minimum of one MPH graduate student will be involved in the MPH Advisory Committee and Health Education faculty meetings as representatives from the MPH student body.</div> <div> <B>Objective 6.3</B>: All MPH graduate students will have an opportunity to participate in MPH Program surveys to be conducted every two years.</div> <div> <B>Objective 6.4</B>: All graduate students will have the opportunity to review and comment on the accreditation self-study document during each accreditation cycle of the Program.</div> <div> <B>Objective 6.5</B>: All MPH graduate students will have the opportunity to meet with CEPH site visit teams to provide input during the Program evaluation process.</div> <div> <B>Goal 7: To conduct ongoing evaluations of the effectiveness of the MPH Program to meet its state mission, goals, and objectives.</B></div> <div> <B>Objective 7.1</B>: To conduct a survey of MPH Program alumni and filed training supervisors every two years.</div> <div> <B>Objective 7.2</B>: To conduct Total Quality Assessment (TQE) interviews of all students who have reached the 20 unit mark in their programs and at the time of their graduation.</div> <div> <B>Objective 7.3</B>: To conduct a yearly strategic planning review and Program modification meeting with Health Education faculty.</div> <div> <B>Objective 7.4</B>: To form and support an MPH Advisory Committee made up of Program constituencies who can review, revise, and recommend changes needed in all aspects of the MPH Program.</div> <div> <B>Objective 7.5</B>: To conduct a periodic self-study of the Program consistent with the re-accreditation cycle through CWPH and to share this self-study document with all constituencies of the MPH Program.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>