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COPH Department: Community and Family Health
Concentration: Behavioral Health (Code: BHH)
2015/16 Catalog Year Minimum Credit Hours: 44
The Behavioral Health concentration is offered jointly with the college of Behavioral and Community Sciences, with a focus on behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse) services. This concentration examines community and family issues in evaluation of systems performance and outcomes of public mental health and substance abuse services as well as children's mental health, aging and mental health, HIV and mental health services, and the planning, evaluation and accountability of mental health and substance abuse services. Graduates are prepared to work in mental health, alcohol and drug abuse organizations.
Program of Study
The courses in your program of study can be found below, for your reference. Note: You may choose a program of study that corresponds to the academic year of your admission or any year thereafter. Please see the guidelines below.
USF Guidelines on Choosing a Program of Study
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Competencies
MPH Competencies
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Behavioral Health Competencies
In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Behavioral Health graduates will be able to:
- Describe the history and philosophy of behavioral health services field;
- Identify the fundamental principles of the epidemiology of mental and substance use disorders;
- Specify unique issues in behavioral health programs and disorders for culture, age, and other specific at-risk pop;
- Describe ethical and legal issues in the diagnosis of individuals with mental and substance use disorders and in the design and delivery of services for individuals with mental and substance use disorders;
- Discuss the concepts of etiology, disease identification, and prevention of individuals with mental health and substance use problems;
- Identify and understand study design and treatment interventions for individuals with mental health and substance use problems;
- Describe the social, political, and environmental context of behavioral health;
- Specify strategies for assessing the design and effectiveness for planning and evaluating behavioral health programs;
- Demonstrate an in depth understanding of behavioral health advocacy, policy, information systems, & systems change; and
- Critically evaluate applied services research and specify a broad range of behavioral health literature to analyze behavioral health issues and problems.
Please send feedback on the MPH Guidebook.