Public Health Environmental Health Sciences - Georgia Southern University

Public Health Environmental Health Sciences from Georgia Southern University is a Campus Master Environmental Health degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Mission The mission of the Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree ? Environmental Health Sciences is to train its graduates to recognize the public health implications of environmental and occupational factors responsible for influencing mortality and morbidity trends in human populations. MPH - Environmental Health Sciences Concentration Competencies At the completion of the M.P.H. degree program all Environmental Health Sciences students will be able to: 1. Analyze statistical environmental data using appropriate methods and present the results in a meaningful way to different types of audiences. 2. Assess environmental justice issues in both rural and urban communities along with government and community organizations that are resources on environmental health issues. 3. Apply principles and tools of environmental risk assessment in completing a comprehensive quantitative risk assessment of potentially hazardous environmental and workplace settings 4. Apply principles and tools of environmental risk assessment in completing a comprehensive qualitative risk assessment, including onsite evaluations, of potentially hazardous environmental and workplace settings. 5. Analyze the effectiveness of principles and tools of environmental prevention and control program development in addressing community concerns about environmental hazards. 6. Analyze the effectiveness of principles and tools of environmental prevention and control program development in addressing environmental hazards. 7. Apply principles and tools of effective risk communication in addressing environmental hazards. 8. Differentiate federal, state and local regulatory programs, guidelines, and authorities that control environmental health issues and the applicability of each. 9. Articulate the interrelationships between environmental health with economic, political, and social factors in the development of environmental policy. 10. Analyze the susceptibility of differing populations to environmental exposures with emphasis on physiologic and psychosocial factors including genetic predispositions. 11. Analyze toxicological data to determine exposure potential and health effects related to exposure to prevalent environmental toxins. 12. Analyze the interactions of biological, chemical and physical agents within the environment and their impacts on human health including the impacts of biogeochemical cycles. 13. Investigate environmental conditions that may affect a community's health status, and provide technical assistance and leadership to address the concerns of communities. 14. Design project specific sampling plans to delineate health related environmental hazards. 15. Analyze the effectiveness or performance of international, national and state procedures, interventions, treaties, programs, and regulatory guidelines pertaining to environmental issues. 16. Articulate the cultural, social, economic and behavioral factors that affect health problems influenced by environmental hazard exposure. 17. Describe the integration of environmental health into land use planning and design that would ensure communities have healthy environments and encourage healthy behaviors. View more details on Georgia Southern University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Environmental Health courses.