Certificate in Public Health at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Upon completion of our Certificate, students will be able to:

• Collect, manage and organize data to produce information and meaning that is exchanged by use of signs and symbols.
• Gather, process, and present information to different audiences in-"person, through information technologies, or through media channels.
• Strategically design the information and knowledge exchange process to achieve specific objectives.
• Interact with both diverse individuals and communities to produce or impact an intended public health outcome.
• Create and communicate a shared vision for a changing future.
• Champion solutions to organizational and community challenges.
• Energize commitment to goals.
• Demonstrate ethical choices, values and professional practices implicit in public health decisions.
• Consider the effect of choices on community stewardship, equity, social justice and accountability.
• Commit to personal and institutional development.
• Plan for the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to improve individual and community health.
• Understand the biological and molecular context of public health (public health biology).
• Recognize system level properties that result from dynamic interactions among human and social systems and how they affect the relationships among individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and environments.