The Fundamentals of Public Health series provides an introduction to key perspectives and tools of the public health field. By describing essential public health approaches and illustrating their ...

Public health aims to preserve, promote and improve the health and wellbeing of populations, communities and individuals. The degree is designed to help meet workforce shortages, prepare its graduates ...

The undergraduate degree in public health is designed to give students a comprehensive overview of concepts such as the basic principles of epidemiology, social and behavioral determinants of health, ...

Public health involves a collective social effort to enhance health and prevent communicable and non-communicable diseases. Public health fulfills its mission through organized, interdisciplinary ...

Our Master of Public Health is one of the most innovative public health programs in the United States. Our interdisciplinary curriculum equips you with the skills and experience to excel in the 21st ...

Authors examine challenges that local health departments face and offer solutions to help focus their mission as early detectors and intervenors, more clearly delineate their roles amongst state and ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

There was a time, at the start of the 20th century, when the field of public health was stronger and more ambitious. A mixed group of physicians, scientists, industrialists, and social activists all ...

Public health emergency powers laws in the US underwent a profound stress test during the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed with bioterrorism in mind, they struggled to meet the challenges of a multiyear ...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, public health decision makers haven’t always been transparent with the public, often failing to adequately explain the reasoning behind their decisions about ...