{"id":2571,"date":"2023-07-21T12:48:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2023-08-10T09:45:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T13:45:06","slug":"developing-critical-skills-with-an-mph-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/developing-critical-skills-with-an-mph-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Leadership: Developing Critical Skills With an MPH Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public health leaders work tirelessly to build a healthier world grounded in health equity and justice principles. At the macro level, they address the varied social, environmental, and economic determinants of health. All while also forging partnerships outside of public health, applying system perspectives to urgent health challenges, and participating in policy changes for public health-adjacent domains.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, public health professionals need leadership skills to affect progress in our complex and ever-changing world, which is why candidates pursue graduate studies in a public health program.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s explore public health professionals’ skills and responsibilities and how students develop them in Master\u2019s in Public Health (MPH) degree programs.<\/a><\/p>\n

What Skills Do I Need as a Public Health Professional?<\/h2>\n

Public health professionals must be experts in their field with a vision and practical communication skills to effect change independent of formal authority. They are the changemakers with an inspiring work ethic to effect real change at the national, state, and local levels.<\/p>\n

As such, public health professionals should be individuals with the following skills and traits:<\/p>\n