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Public health is an essential function of modern society. It is, in the words of the Institute of Medicine, "What we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.''


Thus, the institutional role of public health is to promote health and well-being and prevent disease, social circumstances or emotional events that reduce the level of healthy functioning.


The primary objective of the M.P.H. degree is to prepare graduates as competent public health generalists. Public health professionals must deal with myriad issues: access to quality health care, prevention and control of disease, environmental protection, the health needs of special populations, data analysis and evaluation, policy planning and administration, and health promotion. While some positions require specialist training, most demand a strong interdisciplinary foundation for practice.


The many faces and places impacted and improved

by public health practices and service...

 

 


Our MPH-Environmental Health Concentration is fully accredited by the National Environmental Science and Protection Accreditation Council.

                                                 


 

For More Information contact:
Public Health Program
College of Public Affairs & Administration
PAC 308
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza
Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
Phone: (217) 206-6720
Fax: (217) 206-7807

email: MPH@uis.edu

 

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last modified: April 17, 2006