PhD Maternal and Child Health at University of Maryland, College Park

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) is an interdisciplinary field in which empirical research, epidemiological data, and policy analyses are used to understand individual, family, community, and sociocultural factors that influence health behaviors, health outcomes, and use of health services by mothers, fathers, children, adolescents, and their families. The MCH doctoral program prepares students to advance research, policy, and practice to improve the health, safety, and well-being of these groups, with a particular emphasis on low-income and ethnic minority populations.

Faculty: Public Health  |  Duration: 56 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: College Park, MD, United States

What you will study

Required courses include Doctoral Seminar in the Process of Inquiry, Ethnic Families and Health Disparities, Program Planning and Evaluation in Family Science, Research Internship, Maternal and Child Health from a Life Course Perspective, Study Design in Maternal Child Health Epidemiology. The degree requires 56 credits in total.

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