Developed between August 2004 and August 2006, the Master of Public Health (MPH) competencies target MPH students upon graduation. For more information, click here.

Developed between February 2008 and November 2009, the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) competencies built upon the foundation of the MPH competency project. The DrPH competencies target future graduates regardless of specialization. For more information, click here.

At the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ASPH is engaging the appropriate experts to develop a proposed model of core competencies for the public health preparedness and response workforce. The model is scheduled to be completed in July 2010. The project meets one of the mandates of the 2006 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. For more information, click here.

Global health is public health. Due to the lack of consensus on core global health competencies expected of masters-level students in global health programs, universities provide varying levels of instruction and practica for their students. In addition, the rapid spread of H1NI and the existence of other public health threats across the globe, as well as global health-related infrastructure changes underway at many flagship universities, has spurred ASPH to begin a national process to create a global health competency model aimed at providing a baseline overview of the knowledge, skills, and other attributes required of masters-level students in global health programs. For more information, click here.

A growing number of institutions have been seeking guidance on the optimal format and content of undergraduate public health education, especially at universities without accredited schools of public health. In addition, the Institute of Medicine has called for "all undergraduates to have access to course work in public health." ASPH's Leadership Group recommends a two-phased process, which includes (1) gathering groups of experts from public health and general education/arts and sciences faculties to define what every undergraduate should be able to know and do to improve health and eliminate disparities in populations around the world; and (2) articulating a set of competencies for undergraduate public health studies (meaning a major or minor) within a continuum of public health education. For more information, click here.

Last updated on November 16, 2009.