Certificate Program in Health and Human Rights
Offered by the faculty of the BSPH Center for Public Health and Human Rights, the certificate is a critical part of training for current JHU degree-seeking graduate students who wish to further their capacity for research and advocacy work with the world's most vulnerable populations. The Center is made up of public health professionals, researchers, health workers, lawyers, and advocates dedicated to improving health and promoting social justice through education, research, and advocacy in accordance with the International Declaration of Health Rights.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The Certificate Program in Health and Human Rights is designed to:
- Increase understanding among public health professionals regarding the key linkages between human rights and public health.
- Explore the vital roles of health professionals in promoting human rights, including the right to health, advocating for protection of human rights, researching violations, and building a culture of human rights.
- Build familiarity with international human rights standards and institutions.
- Review how human rights concepts can be brought to bear on public health programs and policies, ranging from developing health systems to responding to an epidemic of infectious disease.
- Review how public health professionals can bring epidemiology and other methods of public health to investigate, analyze, and document abuses of human rights.
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ADMISSIONS
Complete certificate program admissions information and contact information are available on the certificate program page on the Bloomberg School of Public Health website.
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
The certificate program requires a minimum of 18 term credits. All required and elective courses must be taken for a letter grade; a minimum grade of C is required in all certificate coursework, and students must maintain a 2.75 or better overall GPA for all certificate coursework. The certificate program length is flexible and varies from student to student. However, the certificate must be completed within three years.
In addition to the course requirements listed below, any certificate students who do not already complete Epidemiology coursework as part of their degree program must complete at least one Epidemiology course.
The student should review the section of the website that addresses completion before completing certificate program requirements. The student's transcript will not indicate that the certificate was earned until the Notification of Completion has been submitted and verified by the certificate program and processed by the Registrar.
COURSE OF STUDY
Students should check the BSPH course directory to confirm when courses are offered. Students should also check for prerequisites and whether instructor consent is required for courses.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.550.860 | Academic & Research Ethics at JHSPH (All students are required to complete this online noncredit course in their first term of study) | |
| Required courses: | ||
| PH.340.639 | Assessing Epidemiologic Impact of Human Rights Violations (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 2 |
| PH.340.874 | Current Topics in Human Rights (typically offered onsite in 1st term) | 1 |
| Students must complete two of the following courses: | ||
| PH.180.600 | Public Health Implications of Health as a Human Right (typically offered onsite in Winter Institute) | 2 |
| PH.180.636 | Human Rights and Health Seminar (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.340.683 | Human Rights in Public Health Practice (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 2 |
| PH.700.622 | Bioethics, Human Rights, and Global Health (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 3 |
| Students must complete additional elective courses for a total of at least 18 credits, including credits from required courses | ||
| PH.180.626 | Environmental Justice and Public Health Practice (typically offered online in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.221.656 | Conceptual Foundations of Health Equity and Social Justice (typically offered onsite in Winter Institute) | 3 |
| PH.301.615 | Seminar in Health Disparities (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.306.670 | Issues in LGBTQ Health Policy (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.308.610 | The Political Economy of Social inequalities and Its Consequences for Health and Quality of Life (typically offered onsite in Fall Institute) | 3 |
| PH.308.842 | SS/R: Emerging Dimensions of Social Determinants of Health Inequalites: A Transdiciplinary Integrated Approach (typically offered onsite in Fall Institute) | 3 |
| PH.318.623 | Social Policy for Marginalized and Disenfranchised Populations in the U.S. (typically offered online in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.330.667 | Mental Health and the Law (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.340.629 | The Epidemiology of LGBTQ Health (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.340.692 | Prisons, Public Health, and Human Rights (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 2 |
| PH.340.698 | Methods For Assessing Power, Privilege, and Public Health in the United States (typically offered onsite in 4th term, every other year) | 4 |
| PH.380.663 | Gender-Based Violence Research, Practice and Policy: Issues and Current Controversies (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.380.668 | International Perspectives on Women, Gender, and Health (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.380.750 | Migration and Health: Concepts, Rates, and Relationships (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.380.768 | Selected Topics in Women's Health and Women's Health Policy (typically offered online in 1st term) | 4 |
| PH.410.605 | Fundamental Tools for Promoting Health Equity (typically offered online in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.410.606 | Local and Global Best Practices in Health Equity Research Methods (typically offered online in 4th term) | 4 |
| PH.410.611 | Under Pressure: Health, Wealth & Poverty (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.410.681 | Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and HIV: Theoretical Perspectives on the Us Epidemic (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.410.683 | Global Perspectives on LGBT Health (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.700.622 | Bioethics, Human Rights, and Global Health (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.700.644 | Justice Theory and Health (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| SA.500.102 | Corporate Sustainability, Business & Human Rights | 4 |