The concentration is limited to clinicians enrolled initially in the Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness. This concentration focuses on the promotion of health and the prevention of disease in populations by preparing health professionals with leadership skills in public health. Courses emphasize strategies for establishing health objectives, data collection and analysis, the management of fiscal and manpower resources, consultation, communication, advocacy, and policy formation in the public sector. Beyond the MPH core requirements, students are encouraged to develop expertise in a focus area geared to their professional interests. Areas of interest include maternal and child health, community health, financial analysis, mental health and substance abuse, women and health, and health promotion and disease prevention.
Course work covers the growing role of managed care in the health care enterprise.
Program graduates fill many roles from consultants and staff analysts, to middle-management and executive positions. Beyond the MPH core requirements, students choose either a management or a policy area of interest, representing different disciplinary approaches to public health. Students select from clusters of recommended courses to gain depth in their chosen area. This concentration is intended to prepare health professionals for leadership roles in the practice of international health, with a special emphasis on the health problems of populations in developing countries. It also assists them in finding new ways to strengthen national and institutional capacities for health policy making and management.