DrPH Statement and Goals
DrPH Handbook Statement
The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Handbook defines the conceptual framework for the program, including the knowledge and understanding, skills and practices, and the dispositions and identity expected of DrPH students. This handbook, plus specific school supplements, provides all the information necessary to successfully complete the DrPH program.
DrPH Program Learning Goals
It is intended that Graduates of the Aspen University Doctor of Public Health Practice program will learn or be able to do the following:
- Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health: Utilize epidemiological methods, use data collection methods, and interpret results of data analysis for improvement to public health research, policy, or practice.
- Public Health & Health Care Systems: Critique public health theory and evidence to plan, develop and administer projects, create partnerships, implement programs and institutional strategies to reduce community and individual health risks to mitigate the impact of disease.
- Planning & Management to Promote Health: Formulate how health systems performance is affected by various approaches to health care organization, health law, health workforce development and health care financing.
- Policy in Public Health: Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations.
- Leadership: Integrate principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision-making.
- Collaboration: Disseminate culturally appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation, perform effectively on interprofessional teams and apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue.
- Innovation: Create innovation for prevention of disease and improvement of population health.