Public Health Minor

Description

The Public Health Minor is an 18 credit hour minor offered from the Healthcare Operations Management program within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. The Public Health minor will prepare students with knowledge and skills related to health promotion and community well-being. A minor in Public Health will augment a student's major and enhance career versatility. Within the Jesuit and Mercy values of the university, students will explore health in the community, population health, and emergency management. Students will learn how a foundational understanding in Public Health can compliment a variety of roles such as Healthcare Administration, Social Work, and numerous allied health professions like Physical and Occupational Therapy. This minor is also designed for non-healthcare majors like Business Administration, Cybersecurity, Communication, and Biomedical Engineering students who will work in healthcare or closely with healthcare professionals and may support public health policy research, data analysis, and write health communication content.

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    Expected Learning Outcomes

    A minor in Public Health will provide skills and knowledge to augment a student's major degree. A minor in Public Health will give students an overview of the importance of health promotion and community wellbeing as well as how they can use the tools they learn in this minor within their own major. 

    Expected learning outcomes for the minor are: 

    1. Apply a Mercy Jesuit-inspired holistic approach to public health, addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of well-being in community health initiatives
    2. Demonstrate understanding of innovative public health interventions using evidence-based approaches, incorporating data analysis and critical thinking to improve community health outcomes
    3. Explain core public health concepts, including epidemiology, health promotion, disease prevention, and social determinants of health, to address community health needs effectively
    4. Apply ethical leadership to effectively communicate and collaborate to educate stakeholders about the health of communities
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    Requirements for the Healthcare Administration Minor (18 credits)

    • HOM 3300 Health in Community (IT3) (3 credits)
    • HOM 4001 Population Health (3 credits)
    • HOM 4600 Healthcare Emergency Management (3 credits)
    • HOM 4011 AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare (3 credits)
      or
      HLS 2009 Medical Conditions and Implications (3 credits)
      or
      HLS 3037 Care of the Human Spirit (3 credits)
    • HOM 4003 Promoting Healthy Behavior (3 credits)
      or
      BIO 2530 Introduction to One Health (3 credits)
    • HOM 4012 Data-Driven Knowledge Discovery and Storytelling (3 credits)
      or
      HOM 4000 Post-Acute Care and Transitions of Care (3 credits)
      or
      HOM 3700 International Healthcare Systems (3 credits)
      or
      SPE 2010 Applied and Sports Nutrition (3 credits)

    ETH 3580 Health Care Ethics is recommended for the F1 requirement within the student's major.
    PYC 2500 Developmental Psychology is recommended for IT1 and IT4 requirements when taking this minor.

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    Program Contact Information

    Elizabeth "Liz" Boyar
    Administrative Support, HSA Program
    College of Health Professions, 115
    McNichols Campus
    Phone:  313-993-2445, Fax: 313-993-1271
    Email: turzael@udmercy.edu

    Traci Stewart, DNP, NP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN
    Director, Healthcare Operations Management (HOM) Program
    School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
    College of Health Professions, A241
    McNichols Campus
    Email: stewartr1@udmercy.edu

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