Master Of Public Health

A course that studies health system governance, healthcare organization management, policy formulation and implementation processes, stakeholder analysis, policy evaluation, and evidence-based health policy decision-making.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze concepts of health administration, governance, and healthcare organization systems.
• CPMK2 — Able to evaluate the processes of health policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation based on public policy theories.
• CPMK3 — Able to design evidence-based health policy recommendations by considering social, economic, political, and cultural aspects.

This course examines the application of statistical methods in health sciences, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability distributions, sampling distributions, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, and correlation and regression analyses to support research and evidence-based decision-making in public health.

• CPMK1 — Analyze statistical principles, assumptions, and data characteristics to determine appropriate biostatistical methods in public health research.
• CPMK2 — Apply and evaluate parametric, nonparametric, bivariate, and intermediate multivariate statistical analyses appropriately using statistical software.
• CPMK3 — Interpret, critically appraise, and communicate biostatistical analysis results as a basis for evidence-based decision-making in public health.

This course examines concepts, theories, behavioral determinants, planning, implementation, communication, advocacy, empowerment, media development, and the monitoring and evaluation of evidence-based health promotion to design and assess interventions for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze concepts, theories, behavioral determinants, and health promotion approaches in individual, group, organizational, and community contexts.
• CPMK2 — Able to design and implement evidence-based health promotion strategies and interventions by considering needs, target population characteristics, culture, environment, and available resources.
• CPMK3 — Able to evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion programs and formulate recommendations for program and policy development to improve population health.

This course discusses epidemiological methods for analyzing the distribution and determinants of health problems, including measures of frequency and association, study designs, bias, confounding, interaction, surveillance, and interpretation of research findings as a basis for evidence-based decision-making in public health.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze epidemiological concepts, measures, and study designs to examine the distribution and determinants of health problems in populations.
• CPMK2 — Able to evaluate causal relationships, bias, confounding, interaction, validity, and the quality of epidemiological evidence in public health research.
• CPMK3 — Able to design and interpret epidemiological analyses and formulate evidence-based recommendations to support surveillance, program planning, and public health decision-making.

This course examines environmental and occupational factors affecting public health, including hazard and exposure identification, risk assessment, environmental and occupational epidemiology, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, occupational diseases, surveillance, risk control, program evaluation, and the formulation of evidence-based interventions and recommendations.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze concepts, determinants, risk factors, and environmental exposures affecting public health using epidemiological and environmental health approaches.
• CPMK2 — Able to analyze occupational hazards, work-related risks, occupational diseases, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and occupational safety within a public health context.
• CPMK3 — Able to evaluate risk assessments, surveillance systems, control programs, regulations, and environmental and occupational health policies based on data and scientific evidence.
• CPMK4 — Able to design evidence-based intervention strategies and recommendations for the prevention and control of environmental and occupational health problems in an integrated, sustainable, ethical, and policy-oriented manner.

This course discusses concepts, epidemiology, determinants, disparities, programs, services, policies, strategies, and interventions in reproductive health across the life course from an evidence-based public health perspective, with attention to gender, sociocultural factors, ethics, reproductive rights, and health equity.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze concepts, determinants, indicators, and reproductive health problems across the life course from a public health perspective and based on scientific evidence.
• CPMK2 — Able to evaluate biological, social, cultural, economic, gender-related, environmental, and policy factors that influence reproductive health problems and disparities across population groups.
• CPMK3 — Able to evaluate reproductive health programs, services, policies, and strategies based on epidemiological data, evidence-based public health, ethical principles, and health equity.
• CPMK4 — Able to evaluate and recommend evidence-based reproductive health strategies and intervention designs that are innovative, contextual, population-oriented, and applicable to public health programs.

This course examines concepts, paradigms, approaches, designs, and stages of public health research, including problem formulation, literature review, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, hypotheses, variables, populations and samples, research instruments, data collection and analysis, research ethics, and the development of evidence-based research proposals.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze concepts, paradigms, approaches, and research designs relevant to public health problems.
• CPMK2 — Able to evaluate research problem formulations, conceptual frameworks, hypotheses, variables, populations, samples, research instruments, as well as validity and reliability in public health research.
• CPMK3 — Able to evaluate and select methods for collecting, managing, and analyzing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods data according to research objectives and research ethics principles.
• CPMK4 — Able to evaluate and refine a systematic, evidence-based, methodologically sound, ethical public health research proposal with scientific and practical contributions.

This course covers the presentation, analysis, interpretation, discussion, critical evaluation, and communication of public health research findings. Students are guided to relate findings to research objectives, theories, scientific evidence, and previous studies; assess the strengths, limitations, implications, and contributions of the findings; and prepare and present research results systematically, scientifically, ethically, and communicatively.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze public health research findings based on the research objectives, methods, and data obtained.
• CPMK2 — Able to evaluate and interpret research analysis results by relating them to theory, scientific evidence, and previous studies.
• CPMK3 — Able to critically assess the strengths, limitations, implications, and contributions of research findings to the advancement of knowledge and the solution of public health problems.
• CPMK4 — Able to evaluate, organize, and communicate research findings systematically, scientifically, ethically, and effectively, and produce evidence-based recommendations to support knowledge development and public health problem solving.

This course discusses concepts, principles, strategies, and practices of publishing research results in public health. Students learn scientific manuscript preparation, article writing standards, publication ethics, journal selection, submission processes, peer review, and professional communication and dissemination of research findings.

• CPMK1 — Analyze the principles, standards, structures, and strategies of scientific publication of public health research results in national and international journals.
• CPMK2 — Evaluate the quality of scientific manuscripts based on methodological suitability, presentation of results, discussion, novelty, and publication ethics standards.
• CPMK3 — Develop and prepare public health research manuscripts according to the guidelines of the targeted scientific journals.
• CPMK4 — Produce and present research-based scientific works professionally through submission processes, scientific communication, and responses to review processes.

This course discusses the implementation of residency activities for Master of Public Health students through the application of concepts, methods, and principles of evidence-based public health program management. Students conduct problem identification, situation analysis, program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation in partner institutions or communities by integrating epidemiological approaches, health determinants, cross-sector collaboration, and professional communication.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze public health problems based on epidemiological approaches, health determinants, and scientific evidence as a basis for implementing residency activities.
• CPMK2 — Able to design public health problem-solving strategies through the development of programs/interventions based on community needs and evidence-based practice.
• CPMK3 — Able to implement residency activities through public health program management approaches, cross-sectoral collaboration, and professional communication.
• CPMK4 — Able to evaluate the implementation of public health programs/interventions and develop recommendations for program improvement based on evaluation results.

This course discusses concepts, principles, strategies, and practices of research findings dissemination in public health through various media and scientific communication approaches. Students are able to identify target audiences, select appropriate dissemination media, develop dissemination products such as policy briefs, scientific posters, popular articles, and digital communication materials, and design effective, ethical, and evidence-based research dissemination strategies.

• CPMK1 — Able to analyze concepts, principles, strategies, and media for disseminating public health research findings to various target groups.
• CPMK2 — Able to evaluate the suitability of methods, media, and scientific communication messages based on research outcomes and stakeholder needs.
• CPMK3 — Able to develop research dissemination products in various forms, including popular articles, policy briefs, scientific posters, infographics, and scientific presentations.
• CPMK4 — Able to design and implement effective, ethical, and professional research dissemination strategies oriented toward the utilization of research findings for improving public health.

Thesis is a final course in the Master of Public Health program that focuses on developing students' abilities to design, conduct, analyze, and produce scientific research in public health based on scientific principles, research ethics, and evidence-based approaches. Through thesis activities, students are able to identify public health problems, develop research methodologies, conduct data collection and analysis, formulate recommendations, and communicate research findings for the advancement of public health science and practice.

• CPMK1 — Able to formulate public health research problems based on literature review, health phenomena, and current scientific evidence as the basis for thesis development.
• CPMK2 — Able to design public health research methodologies systematically including research design, population and sample, variables, instruments, and data analysis methods according to scientific principles.
• CPMK3 — Able to conduct public health research through valid and reliable data collection, processing, analysis, and interpretation based on research ethics.
• CPMK4 — Able to produce a thesis and present public health research findings in a scientific format that meets academic standards and provides evidence-based recommendations for the development of public health science and practice.