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Health Promotion and Community Health Department (HPCH) |
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Welcome to the Department of Health Promotion and Community Health. The mission of the department is to develop a better understanding of both the effects of individual and social factors on health, with the intention of facilitating change of behavior, and of the wider social conditions that have adverse health effects.
Our multidisciplinary faculty achieves this by conducting research that responds to the health needs of the area, informing national policy, contributing to related issues, and by providing local and regional services. These activities inform educational programs that are geared toward preparing practitioners to identify and analyze major health determinants as well as to design, implement and evaluate interventions and policies aimed at improving health. The Department faculty place strong emphasis on involving students in real life experiences throughout their studies.
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Master of Public Health
The focus of this department is on graduate level programs. A Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Promotion and Community Health is offered. The department also offers undergraduate level courses as electives.
Departmental courses are designed to introduce students to the field of Health Promotion and Community Health, which is concerned with facilitating the process of behavioral change from actions that are not conducive to health to those that are more favorable to health. The role of health educators as agents of change is emphasized, in addition to the importance of the participation of the target group in the assessment, implementation, and evaluation of interventions that lead to health promotion. Ethical issues in Health Promotion and Community Health are also emphasized in all courses. |
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HPCH NEWS
Contact
Ms. Fadia Shoucair
Department Secretary
AUB Main Numbers: 961 1 340460 350000 374444 374374
ext. 4660/1
Mailing Address
Health Promotion and Community Health Department
Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
Van Dyck Building
PO Box 11-0236
Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon |
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