Harvard School of Public Health

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The mission of the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health (SHDH) at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) is to improve health throughout the lifespan, including a special emphasis on children and adolescents. This mission is achieved through research to identify the social and behavioural determinants of health and development; through the evaluation of interventions and policies leading to the improvement of population health; and through the preparation of professionals and researchers who will fill leadership positions in advocacy and public service.

The department's educational mission is to train both scholars and practitioners: scholars whose research will illuminate basic social determinants of health and who will identify and test innovative social policy and service interventions; practitioners who are skilled in designing, implementing, and evaluating health-enhancing interventions in action settings.

Programmes

1. Doctor of Science - Health Communication Concentration - This Doctor of Science degree is an interdisciplinary concentration housed within the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health. The Health Communication Concentration (HCC) prepares students who are interested in health communication to apply rigorous, theory-based research and methods to health and risk communication and to apply and evaluate health communication technologies. Graduates pursue positions in academia, research, public health communication, policymaking, journalism, or communication professions.
   
   This Doctor of Science concentration is open to all HSPH doctoral students. As the concentration does not offer a degree, prospective students must apply to a degree programme which can be in any department. Students must fulfill the requirements of the home department and the requirements of the concentration. Applicants to the Doctor of Public Health programme must hold a Masters in Public Health (MPH) and a prior doctoral degree.
   
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2. Master of Science - Health Communication Concentration - The Health Communication Concentration (HCC) is an interdisciplinary concentration housed within the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health. As stated above, HCC prepares students who are interested in health communication to apply research and methods to health and risk communication and to apply and evaluate health communication technologies.
   
   This Master of Science concentration is open to all HSPH two-year master students. As the concentration does not offer a degree, prospective students must apply to a degree programme which can be in any department. Students must fulfill the requirements of the home department and the requirements of the concentration. Students should indicate their interest in the concentration by contacting the HCC Coordinator, Shoba Ramanadhan, at: sramanad@hsph.harvard.edu
   
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