The mission of the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Robert Stempel School of Public Health is to educate students who will assist individuals, groups, organizations and communities in adopting, maintaining, and enhancing lifestyle activities which are conducive to good health. Community based practice and research emphasizes the needs of ethnically diverse and underserved populations of South Florida.


The curriculum in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention is designed to prepare students to be reflective scholars and practitioners. Achievement of the mission allows the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to graduate successful students who can create and effectively implement and promote programs school and community, voluntary and private health organizations, the corporate sector, medical, and governmental agency settings in health education and health promotion in diverse contexts. Specifically, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention  MPH graduates will be expected to:

• Plan, develop, implement, evaluate and revise health promotion and disease prevention
  programs by applying evidence-based approaches;
• Synthesize basic theories, concepts, and models from a range of social and behavioral
  disciplines in the diagnosis and solution of public health problems.
• Analyze multiple social and behavioral causes, health disparities, ethical priorities,
  targets, and stakeholders in the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health
  programs, policies, and interventions; and
• Utilize appropriate research methods, including statistical sampling, interviewing
  techniques and data collection and statistical analysis in health promotion and disease
  prevention research and practice.
  
  
  In addition to the objectives expected by an MPH graduate, upon completion of the Ph.D. with a concentration in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, the graduate will be able to:
• Conduct research in health promotion and disease prevention
• Extract from social and behavioral science principles and apply appropriate methods and analysis in research and practice
• Translate knowledge derived from research for policy makers, Public Health agencies,
  and workers
• Apply theoretical perspectives, research findings and experiences to improve the practice of health promotion and disease prevention