TY - JOUR
T1 - Building global partnerships through shared curricula for an MPH programme in India and Sri Lanka
AU - Sathiakumar, Nalini
AU - Tipre, Meghan
AU - Wickremasinghe, Rajitha
AU - Bhat, Vinod
AU - Kadir, Muhammad Masood
AU - Coggon, David
AU - Pathemeswaran, Arunasalem
AU - Kamath, Ramachandra
AU - Arunkumar, G.
AU - Fatmi, Zafar
AU - Smith, Tamika L.
AU - Pattanshetty, Sanjay M.
AU - Delzell, Elizabeth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/9/2
Y1 - 2019/9/2
N2 - Objective: To design and implement a locally relevant competency based MPH programme. Methods: The demand for trained public health professionals in South Asia is enormous and growing, which created a unique opportunity for a Fogarty International Center-funded University of Alabama at Birmingham-South Asia [Aga Khan University, Pakistan; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India; and University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka] international research training in environmental and occupational health (ITREOH) programme. In 2009, a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree programme was designed using a combination of competencies developed by the Association of School of Public Health, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results: A competency based curriculum was developed with two specialty tracks in applied epidemiology and environmental and occupational health, emphasising applied practice and research. Conclusions: This is the most comprehensive skill-based MPH programme in the region, which positions each institution as a regional leader in public health training. The success of the programme has been amply demonstrated by placements of graduated MPH students in leadership roles in public, private and academic sectors within their countries.
AB - Objective: To design and implement a locally relevant competency based MPH programme. Methods: The demand for trained public health professionals in South Asia is enormous and growing, which created a unique opportunity for a Fogarty International Center-funded University of Alabama at Birmingham-South Asia [Aga Khan University, Pakistan; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India; and University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka] international research training in environmental and occupational health (ITREOH) programme. In 2009, a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree programme was designed using a combination of competencies developed by the Association of School of Public Health, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results: A competency based curriculum was developed with two specialty tracks in applied epidemiology and environmental and occupational health, emphasising applied practice and research. Conclusions: This is the most comprehensive skill-based MPH programme in the region, which positions each institution as a regional leader in public health training. The success of the programme has been amply demonstrated by placements of graduated MPH students in leadership roles in public, private and academic sectors within their countries.
KW - India
KW - MPH programme
KW - Public Health
KW - Sri Lanka
KW - curriculum development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85069510557&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17441692.2019.1579850
DO - 10.1080/17441692.2019.1579850
M3 - Article
C2 - 30773110
AN - SCOPUS:85069510557
SN - 1744-1692
VL - 14
SP - 1360
EP - 1371
JO - Global Public Health
JF - Global Public Health
IS - 9
ER -
