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Overview | Requirements | Department Advisors | Foundation Courses | Competencies
Overview and General Information
 Kant Bangdiwala, professor of Biostatistics, talks with Certificate students The purpose of the Graduate Certificate in Global Health prepares
residential graduate students to work in changing environments and with diverse populations,
and to respond competently to the challenges presented by permeable
geographic and cultural boundaries.
The Certificate complements currently enrolled graduate students' departmental requirements by offering courses, seminars, and
fieldwork or internships that provide for a comprehensive understanding
of global health conditions, needs, and solutions that cross borders in
both developing and industrialized countries and regions. Students will
gain competence in identifying and analyzing factors that generate
disparities in health status, health resources, and access to health
information and health services, particularly for ethnic minorities and
other marginalized and vulnerable population groups.
The Graduate Certificate in Global Health is open to students currently enrolled
in a residential graduate degree program of the UNC Gillings School
of Global Public Health. Students must discuss this with their departmental Global Health Certificate Faculty Advisor. Students enrolled in graduate degree programs of
other units of UNC may apply after an interview with the Director of the Office of Global Health. Please email the Office of Global Health to set-up an interview.
Requirements
- Five graduate-level courses (only courses numbered 400 and above) with
global health content, totaling 10 credit hours
- One of the five courses must be a foundation course,
either HPM 664/MHCH 664 (Globalization and Health) OR PUBH 510 (Interdisciplinary
Perspectives in Global Health)
- One of the five courses must be the Global Health Discussion Series (2 semesters count as one course, 1/2 credit each semester) -- you must register for PUBH 500
- The 5 required courses must total a
minimum of 10 graduate credits.
- Practicum courses and credit hours do not count toward the required 5 courses/10 credits.
- See list of approved Certificate courses.
- Master's paper/thesis should have a
global health focus
- Regular attendance at local global
health-related events
- Global health-related internship or field placement (strongly recommended)
For more details on the above requirements and other aspects of the
Certificate, please review the full description of the Graduate Certificate in Global Health, June 2009 (pdf file).
Please complete and submit an enrollment form (Word document) to 124 Rosenau Hall, or email it to us. Call (919-966-3564), email, or drop by if you have any questions. The Office of Global Health is located in 124 Rosenau Hall.
**Please Note: Students who entered their graduate program before Fall 2007 have the the option of completing the former requirements (pdf file) or the requirements listed above.
Departmental Global Health Certificate Faculty Advisors
Please be sure to discuss your interest in pursuing the Global
Health Certificate with your departmental certificate advisor -- see
list below. Each of these faculty members serves on the Global Health
Advisory Committee for the Office of Global Health and are the liaisons
between your department and the Office of Global Health. They will best
be able to advise you in your course selections so that you are able to
fulfill your department requirements, as well as complete the
Certificate at the same time.
Foundation courses to fulfill core course requirement
Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health (PUBH 510)
3 credit hours
Fall 2009: Wednesday, 12:30-2:50pm
This course will explore contemporary issues, problems, and
controversies in global health through an interdisciplinary
perspective; examine the complex tapestry of social, economic,
political, and environmental factors that affect global health; analyze
global health disparities through a social justice and human rights
lens; and expose students to opportunities in global health work and
research.
Instructors:
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Margaret Bentley, Associate Dean of Global Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
- Gretchen Van Vliet, Director, Office of Global Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
PUBH 510, section 001 (graduate students only)
PUBH 510, section 002 (junior and senior undergraduates only)
 Poster session for the 2007 course Globalization and Health (HPM 664/MCH 664)
3 credit hours
Spring 2009: Tuesday, 1:00-3:30pm
The course examines multiple
dimensions of globalization and explores their direct and indirect effects on
determinants of health through presentations, case studies, class discussions
and interactive sessions, small group seminars, readings, weekly written
assignments, a critical book review, and a final paper and poster session. An expected outcome of the course is that
students will gain a deeper understanding of how the changes and
transformations of globalization and development affect health, and will have
examined responses and approaches to current and projected global patterns that
contribute to positive and adverse health effects, and health inequalities.
Instructors:
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Bruce Fried, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
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Lynn Knauff, Adjunct Professor, Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Competencies for Graduate Certificate in Global
Health Certificate
In
conferring a Global Health Certificate, the School of Public Health
acknowledges students' capability and capacity to perform as public health
professionals with a global perspective and with collaborative and
cross-cultural sensitivity and skills.
Communication
- Communicate
global health information in diverse settings.
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Utilize
appropriate technologies and forms of communication with global and diverse
audiences.
Diversity
& Cultural Competency
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Analyze
a global health problem in an interdisciplinary manner in order to:
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Extend
cultural understanding and skills to global and diverse settings related to
populations such as refugees, immigrants, and migrant workers.
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Adapt
and work effectively in countries and cultures that challenge one's physical,
social and economic perspective or comfort level.
Leadership
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Gain
experience in leadership positions in diverse settings.
Professionalism
& Ethics
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Analyze
global health disparities through a social justice and human rights lens.
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Understand
and analyze the roles and agendas of major players in global health.
Program
Planning
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Work
with a research or evaluation team in a global context taking into
consideration how the unique characteristics of research in a resource-poor
setting affects research, design, data collection, interpretation and
dissemination.
Systems
Thinking
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Analyze
the complex tapestry and interaction of social, economic, political, and
environmental systems that affect global health.
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