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. 2017 Mar;76(3):89-93.

Insights in Public Health: Training Today's Students to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges: Undergraduate Public Health at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Denise C Nelson-Hurwitz  1 , Lee-Ann Arakaki  1 , Maya Uemoto  1
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Insights in Public Health: Training Today's Students to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges: Undergraduate Public Health at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Denise C Nelson-Hurwitz et al. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

The University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM) has long provided public health graduate education. The University's Office of Public Health Studies (OPHS) has recently started to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health (BA PH) degree in response to the growing need for professionals in the health field. The purpose of this paper is to describe how UHM operates the BA PH and how the program complements OPHS's mission and goals. First, we describe the overall scope of the BA PH within OPHS and within UHM. Then we provide examples of how the BA PH program and past undergraduate student projects align with OPHS's four main goals: (1) education, (2) research, (3) service, and (4) program development.

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Kennethjay Buccat presenting final poster at the OPHS Undergraduate Summit on December 2016.
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Ronnie Vazquez presenting final poster at the OPHS Undergraduate Summit on December 2015.
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Justin Tabby presenting final poster at the OPHS Undergraduate Summit on December 2015.
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Aprilei Ramirez presenting at the HPHA Conference on October 2015.
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