Public Health Program
It is an undergraduate bachelor’s degree in Public Health. There are four academic years of study in this bachelor’s degree program, divided into eight semesters. Each semester is fifteen weeks, according
to the credit hour system. The first Phase of studying in this program begins with the following six distinct specialties:
- Global Health
- Environmental Health
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Healthcare Management
- Public Health Nutrition
- Public Health Genetics.
Graduates of this specialty should be able to:
- Advocate and work to address the principles of equity and human rights in global and international health.
- Identify current and emerging health problems in different population groups and analyze the main factors affecting these problems.
- Find relationships between major health problems that affect both local and international communities.
- Recognize the ethical challenges involved in interventions designed to improve health and health equity across cultural, geographic, and political economy, and health governance boundaries.
- Define, analyse, and challenge power structures with a description of the main and direct determinants harmful to health in developing countries.
- Identify needs and generate ethically sound evidence to address health problems through research and evaluation.
- Prepare health promotion systems and prevention systems for communicable and non-communicable diseases.
- Have the necessary awareness of sustainable development goals, the relationship between them, and their impact on public health.
- Link human behavior to climate change.
- Formulate effective responses and contribute to their implementation, taking into account the management and organization of health systems across the health care chain.
- Apply community development skills, political advocacy, and communication strategies to promote public health, while using human right concepts and tools to promote social justice.
- Describe the burden of infirmity in the important health problems.
- Use collaborative and culturally relevant leadership skills.
- Analyze and explain the role of national and global networks.
- Design, manage, and evaluate programs in developing countries in close cooperation with local institutions to ensure equitable access to quality health care.
- Have the required awareness of population changes and continuous movement in human contexts.
- Have the necessary awareness of the principles of health security in emergencies and pandemics.
Attributes of an Environmental Health Specialty Graduate:
Graduates of this specialty should be able to:
- Explain environmental and occupational health theories and be able to apply them to public health issues. Graduates will also evaluate the literature on environmental factors affecting human health.
- Analyze and interpret data in resolving environmental health and safety issues, identify and assess environmental and workplace hazards, learn about meaningful test results, and present results to various audiences in appropriate methods.
- Apply the principles of environmental justice to various societal and professional circles.
- Develop, design, and implement risk control methods, procedures, and programs. Graduates will create risk assessment approaches based on their target population. They will also be able to maintain implemented programs (financially, technically, and technologically) using appropriate skills, maintain records, work effectively within both the team and the organization, and effectively evaluate control methods.
- Recognize the impact of solutions in a global and societal context. This includes the ability to understand and use information appropriately regarding the economic and political implications of these solutions. Graduates must also demonstrate an understanding of regulatory and agency policies that affect environmental and occupational health issues.
- Develop effective and efficient communication strategies, which aim to educate the public, resolve conflicts, and market environmental health strategies.
- Implement systems that promote health and prevent occupational diseases of all kinds.
- Identify and define the environmental determinants of health and their relationship to climate change, and social determinants of health and their relationship to food and health security.
- Recognize and study international agreements on climate change and environmental protection.
Attributes of an Epidemiology and Biostatistics Specialty Graduate:
Graduates of this specialty should be able to:
- Develop a sound understanding of the design of epidemiological studies and the theory and application of key areas of biostatistics relevant to professional practice.
- Acquire skills in complex statistical analyses to deal with a variety of practical problems using modern statistical techniques and software.
- Gain skills in data collection and data management, including database design, quality control procedures, and ethical handling of data.
- Identify statistical issues relevant to practical problems in the medical/health community and propose and implement an appropriate statistical design and/or analysis methodology.
- Gain experience in communicating biostatistical topics with clinical/health professionals, as well as present statistical results in a format suitable for publication in health-related journals, professional reports, or public address materials.
- Comprehend and analyze methodological articles in the field of vital statistics and apply the methods described in them to practical problems.
Attributes of a Healthcare Management Graduate:
Graduates of this specialty should be able to:
- Demonstrate the strategic leadership and decision-making skills needed in the healthcare field.
- Evaluate operational performance across diverse healthcare organizations.
- Describe and analyze the components of the health care delivery system in Egypt and internationally.
- Demonstrate basic business knowledge related to developing healthcare management solutions.
- Analyze healthcare data and information to make effective decisions.
- Explain the legal and ethical principles and the responsibilities of health care institutions towards the needs of patients’ health and public health and adhere to them.
- Develop strategies to recruit, train, and retain an effective health care workforce.
- Evaluate financial strategies and techniques to meet organizational needs in a healthcare environment.
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of current theories and concepts involving change and the ability to apply these new scenarios in health service delivery.
- Demonstrate a high level of critical evaluation of different perspectives on management, theories of leadership, and practice and how to apply them to care during transition and change.
- Use advanced judgment and decision-making skills with independence, professionalism, and self-critical thinking in complex and unpredictable context.
Attributes of the graduate of Health Nutrition in Public Health Specialty:
Graduates of this specialty should be able to:
- Define and explain the general determinants of healthy nutrition and nutritional aspects of health and well-being.
- Investigate the psychological and social factors that influence food choice in a diverse population at the global and national levels.
- Identify and evaluate the dietary system and nutritional status of health problems related to under-nutrition and over-nutrition among diverse population groups in Egypt and the world.
- Describe the social, cultural, economic, environmental, and institutional factors that contribute to the risk of diseases related to malnutrition in the population.
- Compare educational, community, institutional, and other population intervention strategies to improve nutritional health status, food security, and to reduce obesity and related non-communicable diseases.
- Analyze and evaluate policies aimed at increasing access, reducing barriers to the absence of food security, and improving the health status of citizens in diverse population groups.
- Access, critically evaluate financial resources, and apply the best available evidence to address public health nutrition issues in Egypt and the world.
- Develop effective and efficient oral and written communication strategies, which aim for public education, conflict resolution, and marketing strategies of nutrition to improve nutrition outcomes.
- Critically assess energy and nutrient requirements throughout the lifecycle.
- Describe and critically analyze current patterns and trends in nutrition problems in low, middle, and high-income groups.
- Assess the impact of diet on diseases (communicable and non-communicable) using epidemiological data and population-based approaches.
- Design innovative solutions to overcome the impact of climate change, globalization, and other social, political, economic, and environmental factors on the global food system.
Attributes of a Genetic Public Health Specialty Graduate:
Graduates of this specialty should be able to:
- Apply knowledge of genetics to understand the etiology of a variety of diseases and health conditions.
- Describe the basic design of major genetic research studies, their advantages and limitations, and the application of epidemiological and statistical approaches to study risk factors and diseases with a genetic component.
- Design, conduct, and analyze genetic epidemiological studies and interpretation of results, including incorporation of results from other genetic epidemiological studies.
- Describe the importance of evaluating interactions between genes, environmental factors, and behaviors, and their role in health and disease.
- Critically read and evaluate the results of quantitative research published in scientific journals of genetics and public health.
- Write a research proposal that includes the rationale for a specific genetic epidemiological investigation, a clear description of the research methodology, and the strengths and limitations of the proposed study.
- Demonstrate competence in conducting statistical analysis of genetic epidemiological data.
- Describe the legal, ethical, and social issues that may be associated with the collection and application of genetic and genomic information.
- Describe the latest genomic technologies and developments used to investigate the role of genes in disease and natural variability of traits.
- Effectively and persuasively communicate, verbally and nonverbally, with colleagues in genetic epidemiology and other disciplines.
- Fields of public health
- Academic field and research in higher education institutes and research centers
- Ministries of health and environment in the preventive sector and health promotion
- Hospitals for sharing in policy making and for infection
- The regional offices of international health organizations, such as the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and others,
- International associations working in the field of public health,
- Petroleum and all industrial sectors,
- clinical research bodies and the scientific sector of pharmaceutical companies.