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MPH IN HEALTH PROMOTION AND HEALTH EDUCATION

  • Exhibit up to date knowledge on the natural, behavioral and social sciences to promote healthy life.
  • Empower and prepare the students to recognize the common health issues affecting all age groups in different settings
  • Make capable of impart teaching, training and innovation for developing research and learning skills necessary in the areas of health promotion and health education.
  • Obtain enhanced skills to organize, create, and carry out public health initiatives that focus on health promotion and health education.
  • Attain advanced skills to plan, design and execute public health policies and programs aiming health promotion and health education

The program Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Promotion and Health Education (HP & HE) was started under the Public Health Division at Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS) in 2013. Health education is concerned with informing people about health issues. Health promotion is concerned with promoting a healthy lifestyle and preventing illness and it includes social, psychological, political, and educational factors. The MPH in HP & HE is a research-focused program, for students looking for an advanced degree in Health Promotion and Health Education. The program promotes healthy lifestyle and disease prevention in communities with an emphasis on vulnerable populations. The MPH (HP & HE) is a 70-credit research-focused master’s program offered for those who seeking an advanced degree in Health Promotion and Health Education. This includes core courses in introduction to public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, research methodology & bioethics, occupational & environmental health, reproductive and child health and community nutrition as well as elective courses including sociology, psychology, anthropology, communication, school health, planning, implementation & Evaluation of Health Promotion and Health Education, Training Technology, Group dynamics, Community organization and development.

The MPH in Health Promotion and Health Education Program will be conducted on a Course & Credit based structure with 20 Courses to be dispensed in 70 Credits in total, completed in a minimum time span of 1.5 years. The course is consisting of theoretical classes, practical including field visits, community and clinical attachments, seminar and workshops.

Since 2013

  • MBBS, BDS or equivalent degree recognized by the BMDC
  • B.Sc in Nursing (plus one year internship training)
  • B.Sc in Physiotherapy (plus one year internship training)
  • 4 years Bachelor degree in any discipline and BPH, BUMS, BHMS, BAMS from a recognized University
  • Foreign students with equivalent qualifications are eligible.
  • Equivalence will be decided by a Committee called Equivalence
  • Opportunity to serve as ‘Health Education Officer’ at Bureau of Health Education, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  • Teaching posts in government and private institutions.
  • Research position in the field of public health in government, non government and International organization,
  • Opportunity for Higher education (MPhil & PhD),
  • Position in development projects in policy making level at GO & NGO’s