Mission Statement
The mission of the program is to provide quality academic education and structured professional experiences relevant to planning, organizing, and conducting a broad range of activities that constitute public health. The degree program emphasizes the particular health problems of a large metropolitan area such as the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, as well as issues relating to populations and communities in the north and east Texas regions. Public health issues which may be areas of focus include:
- Surveillance and investigation of public health problems
- Development and use of public health information systems
- Health care organization in urban and rural settings
- Respiratory infectious diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Maternal and child health
- Diabetes
|
- Hypertension
- Management and disposal of toxic materials
- Addictions
- Violence
- Injuries
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Problems associated with occupational health and industrial hygiene
- Environmental quality control
|
The University partners in the MPH Program each contribute significantly. In addition to the UT School of Public Health at Houston faculty located on site, UT Southwestern provides faculty to the teaching program in Dallas, furnishes classrooms, offices, a computer lab, and an inter-active television (ITV) studio. The School of Public Health is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and has academic responsibility for the program. Institutional members from the Dallas public health community participate with the members of the universities in a formal advisory structure that provides guidance to the program on a continuing basis.
