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Educational Objectives
The overarching purpose of this public health certificate program is to promote participants’ capacity to address American Indian population health disparities through multidisciplinary public health approaches and culturally competent strategies. The certificate program examines four quadrants of influence: physical, behavioral, political, and spiritual/emotional, which, in balance, comprise the sphere of public health for American Indian communities. Through the course of study, individuals will:
1) Be able to identify, analyze and apply available disease, behavioral, and mental health surveillance data to better serve health needs of American Indian communities.
2) Gain understanding to employ public health theory and logic frameworks to design interventions appropriate for American Indian communities.
3) Develop insights into impacts of tribal sovereignty status on health policy and management, and broaden their understanding of the potential interface of tribal, federal and private sectors in health system development.
4) Develop competencies in promoting health through effective community education and health communication campaigns.
5) Gain basic knowledge of unique impact of mental, social and emotional health status on tribal community well-being.
6) Learn basic statistical, demographic, and epidemiologic techniques to evaluate health priorities and intervention impacts.
7) Gain basic skills to objectively evaluate public health research in terms of its statistical content.
8) Gain basic knowledge of the inter-relationship between the environment and the public’s health.
9) Understand the importance of research ethics and the composition and function of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), with specific emphasis on IRB’s role in tribal environments.
10) Gain skills to support tribal and local community efforts in assessing health needs, quality of services, and strategies for implementing culturally appropriate health services and research.
11) Gain a basic understanding of research methods and data management practices.
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