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Online Public Health Certificates Program
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Online Public Health Certificates Program Guide
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As the challenges facing our global health system continue to mount, it’s crucial that the dedicated professionals serving on the front lines are equipped with the skills and knowledge to find innovative solutions.
That’s why Norwich University created its suite of online Public Health Certificates. Designed for public health practitioners at all career levels, these certificates can help you incrementally build your skill set and add new areas of specialization to your repertoire.
You can choose from the following options:
- Five stackable graduate certificates for individuals who want to learn job-relevant skills today while earning credits they can apply toward a Master of Public Health degree
- Post-Master's Certificate in Community and Public Health for learners who already hold an MSN degree and aspire to boost their knowledge of public health issues
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Response Planning for Health, Wellness and Disease Prevention, designed to teach skills that can help prevent or mitigate a crisis
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Stackable Public Health Graduate Certificates
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Norwich offers five certificates to help you incrementally expand your skillset as a public health professional. Each certificate takes 22 weeks to complete and covers foundational topics as well as more specialized areas such as research, public policy, disease prevention, and crisis management.
Since each certificate helps lay a framework for the ones that come after it, students who do not currently have a master’s in public health are required to complete certificate 1 before taking certificate 2 and/or 3 and must complete certificates 2 and 3 before taking certificate 4 or 5.
All credits you earn from successfully completing a certificate can also be applied toward Norwich’s online Master of Public Health.
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Certificate 1: Public Health Foundations
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Gain a broader understanding of community health and the key issues impacting overall well-being in our society. This certificate examines variables that can affect population health — such as cultural differences, education level, and socioeconomic status — and discusses ways to mitigate barriers to equitable health.
Next start date: May 19th, 2025
Prerequisites: None
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PUBH 501: Principles of Community and Public Health, Wellness and Promotion | 4 Credits
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Designed to examine the current theory and research about contemporary public health, students will utilize qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess population level public health topics by describing the major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and other global communities, especially in areas where the U.S. military and government are providing assistance. Emphasis is on discussion of supporting, training, and encouraging others in the pursuit of well-being in all dimensions of life and encouraging others to adopt and maintain wellness lifestyles given their respective population and cultures.
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PUBH 502: Cultural Diversity and Sociologic Perspectives of Health and Illness | 4 Credits
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Designed to examine the social and cultural determinants of health and illness in which students will explore the various principles and models for equitable health, analyzing the conditions and environments where people are born, live, work, recreate, worship, and age, and the effects of socioeconomic status, education level, geography, cultural identity, social inclusion and integration, and employment. Students will identify barriers to achieving equitable health and the resources needed to mitigate those barriers by evaluating health care systems in countries across the globe.
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Certificate 2: Healthcare Advocacy & Leadership
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Our healthcare system is complex, and to effect change, one must first have a better understanding of how to navigate it. This certificate can help you do that by exploring topics such as healthcare leadership, healthcare delivery, public policy, and industry regulation.
Next start date: May 19th, 2025
Prerequisite for non-MPH holders: Certificate 1
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NR 523: Healthcare Systems, Leadership and Advanced Healthcare Professional Role | 3 Credits
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This course examines the healthcare system and guides students to assess and analyze the healthcare system in the context of advanced practice healthcare professional and the role of advanced practice healthcare professionals. The student explores organizational and system science, change theories and social change theories in its application to healthcare. Healthcare leadership including theory and styles as well as contemporary approaches, ethical practice and leadership strategies are examined. Inter/intra professional communication, teamwork, consultation, diversity and collaboration are discussed as cornerstones for patient safety, optimal health outcomes and accountability in health care. The student analyzes and evaluates the intersection of current and emerging healthcare system challenges and advanced practice role dimensions.
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NR 524: Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare | 3 Credits
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This course examines healthcare delivery in the United States, to include the role of public policy, advocacy, and industry regulation. Health policy perspectives and the analytical tools to understand the national policy-making environment are integrated throughout the course. Key policy issues and core constructs for analysis include national health expenditures and cost containment strategies, patient access and health disparities, health care quality and performance improvement, and workforce policy. Health care reform, future directions and trends, and policy innovations are examined for their impact on advanced nursing practice, service delivery, and health outcomes. Health systems of other developed and developing countries are examined to gain a global perspective and appreciation for a variety of health system attributes.
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Certificate 3: Public Health Promotion & Epidemiology
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This certificate is designed to equip you with the tools to develop health programs and promote community health education more effectively. In addition, it focuses on the role of public health professionals in disease prevention and health promotion at a population level.
Next start date: May 19th, 2025
Prerequisite for non-MPH holders: Certificate 1
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PUBH 503: Planning, Management, Assessment & Communications to Promote Health | 3 Credits
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This course examines the research, information, and data needed to plan, manage, and assess health programs and to promote community health education. Students will learn core concepts for planning a communication framework as well as key strategies for educating the public about health issues, including understanding and reporting science, communicating for policy and advocacy, and health literacy and numeracy. Students will design a health program that is culturally, population, and audience appropriate. Additional emphasis will be placed on risk and emergency communication strategies, especially in resource poor countries.
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NR 514: Epidemiology and Population Health | 3 Credits
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This course provides a foundation of key concepts essential to population-focused healthcare professionals, the aggregate, community or population as the unit of care. The focus of the course is on health promotion/disease prevention with emphasis on the advanced role of healthcare professionals in clinical prevention of disease and care of populations. Applying concepts of primary, secondary, and tertiary health promotion across the lifespan, the student relates the basic concepts of epidemiology to multiple domains of population health, using epidemiology to better understand, characterize and promote health at a population level. Disease prevention and health promotion of populations are examined through the study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related states or events, including the study of social determinants of health.
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Certificate 4: Global Health, Research & Practice
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This certificate examines research methods and techniques that can improve public health outcomes, including data collection and analysis, and interpretation of findings. It also looks at the numerous factors impacting global health and ways to address them.
Next start date: May 19th, 2025
Prerequisites for non-MPH holders: Certificates 1, 2 & 3
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NR 593: Advanced Healthcare Professional Research and Evidence-Based Practice | 3 Credits
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This course focuses on the use of the research process in developing new healthcare professional knowledge and applying that to an evidence-based practice. The student examines and develops research questions, considers theoretical frameworks, methods of data collection and analysis, and the interpretation and use of study findings in providing evidence-based care of individuals, families, and communities. The importance of scientific integrity and ethical standards are emphasized and ethical issues in the conduct of research are explored. The student is prepared to critically appraise and utilize research and identify researchable problems within the context of his/her own practice.
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PUBH 520: Global Health | 4 Credits
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This course examines how to identify and improve public health outcomes in various global populations and cultures by analyzing the effect of cultural norms on socioeconomic inequalities. Students examine global regulatory issues and address emerging global public health concerns and acquire an understanding of how global health epidemiology, international public health, and global medicine are foundational to promoting global public health.
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Certificate 5: Public Health Disaster Response & Crisis Management
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By completing this certificate, you can be better prepared to address public health crises. Topics covered include the process that goes into disaster planning and preparedness, as well as ways mitigate the impact of a crisis through effective leadership.
Next start date: May 19th, 2025
Prerequisites for non-MPH holders: Certificates 1, 2, 3 & 4
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PUBH 530: Disaster Planning | 4 Credits
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Examines the various perspectives and research that informs disaster planning. Students will evaluate the strength of disaster plans and analyze how the strength of the plan affects disaster preparedness, disaster response, management, and community recovery. Emphasis is placed on interprofessional and intersectional practice and systems thinking, which are essential to formulating and enacting sustainable disaster plans.
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PUBH 540: Public Health Crisis Management | 4 Credits
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Examines the complexities of confronting public health critical incidents and crisis management. The role of leadership, how decisions are made and implemented, information communication formats and distribution, and stakeholder input are examined. Students will utilize theories of crisis management and foundational concepts to strategize how to respond comprehensively to a public health crisis. Emphasis will be placed on the roles and responsibilities of local, state, national, and international organizations, including the U.S. military and first responders, in crisis management and response.
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Admission Requirements
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- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
- Successful completion of prerequisite certificates, if applicable
You will be required to submit the following items:
- Completed application form
- Transcripts from all institutions attended (including Joint Service Transcripts)
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Post Master’s Certificate in Community and Public Health
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This 18-credit certificate is for MSN-credentialed individuals who aspire to add expertise in public health to their resume. By completing this program, you can develop skills required to work directly with at-risk populations, help improve public health services in your community, and learn to develop public health initiatives and strategies.
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Next Start Date:
Fall: August 25, 2025
Application Deadline:
Fall: August 15, 2025
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1-802-370-3298
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PUBH 501: Principles of Community and Public Health, Wellness and Promotion | 4 Credits
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Designed to examine the current theory and research about contemporary public health, students will utilize qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess population level public health topics by describing the major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and other global communities, especially in areas where the U.S. military and government are providing assistance. Emphasis is on discussion of supporting, training, and encouraging others in the pursuit of well-being in all dimensions of life and encouraging others to adopt and maintain wellness lifestyles given their respective population and cultures.
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PUBH 502: Cultural Diversity and Sociologic Perspectives of Health and Illness | 4 Credits
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Designed to examine the social and cultural determinants of health and illness in which students will explore the various principles and models for equitable health, analyzing the conditions and environments where people are born, live, work, recreate, worship, and age, and the effects of socioeconomic status, education level, geography, cultural identity, social inclusion and integration, and employment. Students will identify barriers to achieving equitable health and the resources needed to mitigate those barriers by evaluating health care systems in countries across the globe.
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NR 514: Epidemiology and Population Health | 3 Credits
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This course provides a foundation of key concepts essential to population-focused healthcare professionals, the aggregate, community or population as the unit of care. The focus of the course is on health promotion/disease prevention with emphasis on the advanced role of healthcare professionals in clinical prevention of disease and care of populations. Applying concepts of primary, secondary, and tertiary health promotion across the lifespan, the student relates the basic concepts of epidemiology to multiple domains of population health, using epidemiology to better understand, characterize and promote health at a population level. Disease prevention and health promotion of populations are examined through the study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related states or events, including the study of social determinants of health.
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PUBH 550: Public Health Practicum | 3 Credits
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An application of public health experiences through utilization of knowledge and skills obtained in the MPH program and previous experiences. The student will work individually to define and develop a public health project from project scoping, formulating a question or problem statement, obtaining data sources and information, formulating an assessment plan, implementing the project, and communicating the results.
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PUBH 560: Capstone | 4 Credits
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Students will synthesize program learning with a particular focus on public health scenarios. Students work as small teams to analyze public health scenarios and case studies that are situational to a military, first-responder, or a health care professional, and the respective body of knowledge needed for that individual. Learning experiences allow students to collaborate across professions to enhance the attitudes, skills, and behaviors necessary to work effectively in health care teams. Scenarios and case studies will focus on particular use of various foundational public health skills students have acquired throughout the MPH program of study.
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- Master of Science in Nursing from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale
You will be required to submit the following items:
- Completed application form
- Transcripts showing completion of a Master of Science in Nursing degree with a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale
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Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Response Planning for Health, Wellness and Disease Prevention
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This program covers topics that can help avoid public health crises and offers practical strategies for how to address emergencies when they do occur.
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Summer 1: May 5, 2025
Application Deadline:
Summer 1: April 23, 2025
Call:
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PUBH 410: Health, Wellness, and Disease Prevention I | 3 Credits
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Designed to expand beyond the basic science of public health and to include models, approaches, resources, tools, and programs that intersect human health, disease, and wellness for population health. Clinical presentation and epidemiology of diseases provide opportunities to explore ways to minimize negative health outcomes and promote interventions for population health, especially in areas where the U.S. military and government are providing assistance.
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PUBH 411: Health, Wellness, and Disease Prevention II | 3 Credits
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Designed to expand beyond the models, strategies, theories, and programming found in PUBH 410. This is an applied course that provides opportunities to review and analyze various scenarios of population health and outcomes. Students will review the identified population, public health problem, programming used and outcomes, and then will analyze the case/ scenario. Cases will span various populations, geographies, and public health roles, especially those roles directly related to first-responders, military, and veterans.
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PUBH 420: Disaster Response Planning and Crisis Management I | 3 Credits
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Designed to expand beyond the basic science of public health to include models, approaches, resources, tools, programs, and stakeholders that support the preparing, assessing, responding, and managing disasters and other crisis-based situations. Disaster types, phases, plan principles and requirements, risk reduction, managing a crisis, and recovery concepts are presented across the continuum of disasters, from natural disasters to disasters created by human action, especially in areas where the U.S. military and government are providing assistance.
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PUBH 421: Disaster Response Planning and Crisis Management II | 3 Credits
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Designed to expand beyond the basic science of public health to include models, approaches, resources, tools, programs, and stakeholders that support the preparing, assessing, responding, and managing disasters and other crisis-based situations found in PUBH 420. This is an applied course that provides opportunities to review and analyze various scenarios of disaster response planning, crisis management, and outcomes. Students will review various disaster planning and response scenarios, and crisis management outcomes, and then will analyze the case/scenario. Cases will span various disaster types, geographies, and response and management roles, especially those roles directly related to first-responders, military, and veterans.
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- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
- Successful completion of prerequisite certificates, if applicable
You will be required to submit the following items:
- Completed application form
- Transcripts from all institutions attended (including Joint Service Transcripts)
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Norwich University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.).
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Call 1-802-370-3298 or schedule an appointment with an advisor and learn more about Norwich University’s online Public Health Certificates