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You can learn the benefits of disaster preparedness with the Advanced Certificate in Emergency Management from New York Medical College. The online emergency management program offers such benefits as:

• Multidisciplinary approach to a comprehensive education
• Knowledge to conduct safety drills and exercises
• Emergency planning and mitigation skills
• Hazard and vulnerability analysis

Through the online emergency management graduate certificate program, you can apply your knowledge to the school’s Master of Public Health degree. This online credential benefits those working in hospitals, fire services, emergency medical services, and more.

The online Advanced Certificate in Global Health program offers students the opportunity to earn an additional academic education in health care issues existing in developing countries and multi-ethnic populations in industrialized nations.  The program enhances health care providers’ knowledge and understanding of the health, socio-economic, and political environments affecting the health statuses of individuals and whole populations.  The curriculum provides students with comprehensive educations in significant global health issues, prevention methods, risk mitigation, education, and solutions for cures and treatments, creating solid foundations in preventive care.

The online Advanced Certificate in Health Education prepares students to teach the importance of health.  The curriculum develops students’ understanding of the basics of health education in public health and the various social and behavioral factors that influence health, preparing them to take on the challenge of health education program planning, implementation, research, and evaluation.  Graduates are eligible to take the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination.

The online Advanced Certificate in Industrial Hygiene offers an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach to the management of safety issues in the workplace, preparing students to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, communicate, and control environmental stressors in or from the workplace.  The curriculum prepares students to manage the assessment and control of physical, chemical, biological, or environmental hazards in the workplace or community that could cause injury or disease, using strict and rigorous scientific methodology to determine the potential for hazards and for evaluating exposures in workplace and environmental studies.  Graduates are ready to function as industrial hygienists in both the public and private sectors including industrial, corporate, public service, academic, and medical work environments.

The online Graduate Certificate in Environmental Health focuses on legal, socio-economic, and political forces that modulate the living environments that strongly impact the health of our communities and personal health.  Graduates are positioned to provide information and analysis to partner with government, state, and local entities as they work to improve health in our communities.

The online Graduate Certificate in Public Health is designed for students with non-public health backgrounds who are now working in public health contexts.  Courses span many disciplines and occupations, preparing students to protect and improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations, locally and globally, by improving health care access, infectious disease control, and reducing environmental hazards, violence, substance abuse, and injury.  Students are able to customize the certificate to learn about specific topics in public health such as health economics, healthcare management, research methods, biostatistics, or epidemiology.

The online MPH in Environmental Health Science familiarizes students with issues of air and water quality as well as pollution, environmental law, and risk assessment. Students learn analytical and problem-solving skills as well as how to communicate with technical and non-technical groups. Environmental health science incorporates epidemiologists, toxicologists, clinicians, industrial hygienists, policy analysts, attorneys, and molecular biologists. Environmental health professionals typically hold positions in industry in compliance programs or as health and safety officers; in consulting firms performing environmental monitoring; in not-for-profit environmental organizations as researchers; or in government in the areas of inspections and permits, water quality, food, sanitation, or air quality.

The online Master of Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy and Management covers the delivery, quality, and costs of health care for individuals and populations.  Students gain an understanding of the business, program, planning, delivery, and policy areas of healthcare as they train in the complex structures of health care delivery in the U.S., legal and ethical foundations of health care, and the policy processes designed to improve health care access among diverse populations.