Curriculum
Curriculum Overview
The Child and Family Health Training program is generally a 2 to 3 year program for trainees. All trainees are expected to earn at least 16 units in Maternal & Child Health courses:
- 4 unit maternal & child policy course
- 4 unit leadership course
- 4 units of maternal/reproductive health course
- Additional 4 units dependent on program:
- Masters Training Program: 4 units of health systems/methods course(s)
- EPI Fellowship: 4 units of quantitative research methods course(s)
Approved Courses
A total of 16 units in MCH courses is required, however, eligible courses are constantly being evaluated and added once approved by our core faculty. Listed below is the current course menu as of October 2024.
Mandatory Courses in Child Health (8 units required)
| Course: | Course Title: |
|---|---|
| HPM 428/ CHS 428 or NURS 268 | Child and Family Community Health Leadership Seminar (mandatory) (4 units) Leadership in Health Care Systems (4 units) |
| HPM 449A/ CHS 436A | Maternal & Child Health: Practice & Policy (formerly Child Health, Programs, and Policy) (4 units) |
Maternal/Reproductive Health Course (4 units required)
*NURS courses are only available to current nursing students at UCLA
| Course: | Course Title: |
|---|---|
| CHS 226 | Women's Health and Wellbeing (4 units) |
| CHS 230 | Family and Sexual Violence (4 units) |
| CHS 231 | Maternal & Child Nutrition (4 units) |
| CHS 240 | Child and Reproductive Health in Communities: Global Environmental Perspective (4 units) |
| CHS 246 | Women’s Roles & Family Health (4 units) |
| CHS 427 | Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (4 units) |
| CHS M430/ HPM M434 | Building Advocacy Skills: Reproductive Health Focus (4 units) |
| CHS 431 | Foundation to Reproductive Health (4 units) |
| CHS 434A | Maternal and Child Health in Developing Areas (4 units) |
| CHS 435 | Seminar: Advanced Issues in Women's Health (4 units) |
| HPM 206 | Discrimination in Health Care (4 units) |
| EPI 227 | AIDS: Major Public Health Challenge (4 units) |
| EPI 228 | Biology of HIV and SARS-COV2 (4 units) |
| EPI 230 | Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (4 units) |
| EPI 267 | Methodologic Issues in Reproductive Epidemiology (2 units) |
| EPI 270 | Behavioral Epidemiology (4 units) |
| NURS 211* | Women's Health Primary Care (2-4 units) |
| NUS 212* | Family Healthcare Perspectives (2 units) |
| NURS 462* | Maternity Nursing (5 units) |
Health Systems/Methods Course in MCH (4 units required)
*NURS courses are only available to current nursing students at UCLA
| Course: | Course Title: |
|---|---|
| HPM 214 | Measurement of Effectiveness of Outcomes of Health Care (4 units) |
| HPM 215A | (MPH) Healthcare Quality and Performance Management (4 units) |
| HPM 215B | (MS or PhD) Applied Methods for Improvement/Implementation Science (4 units) |
| HPM 266B | Community Based Participatory Health Research: Methods and Applications (4 units) |
| HPM M290 / CHS M237 | Evolving Paradigms in Prevention: Interventions in Early Childhood (4 units) |
| HPM M420 / CHS M420 | Social and Environmental Determinants of Child Health (Formerly: Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Systems Perspective) (4 units) |
| HPM 441 | Data Analytics: Identifying, Collecting, and Analyzing Data in Health Care (4 units) |
| CHS M209 | Population Models and Dynamics (4 units) |
| CHS M216A | Qualitative Research: Design and Data Collection (4 units) |
| CHS 247 | Population Change and Public Policy (4 Units) |
| EPI 203 | Topics in Theoretical Epidemiology (2 units) |
| EPI 217 | Social Networks and Public Health (4 units) |
| EPI 232 | Methods in Research of Marginalized and Hidden Populations (2 units) |
| EPI 267 | Methodologic Issues in Reproductive Epidemiology (2 units) |
| EPI M403 | Computer Management and Analysis of Health Data Using SAS (4 units |
| NURS 249* | Meeting Health-Related Needs in Underserved Populations (4 units) |
| NURS 250* | Ethical Issues, Social Justice, and History of Nursing (5 units) |
| NURS 269* | Quality Improvement & Population-Based Quality of Practice(4 units) |
| NURS 406* | Clinical Prevention and Population Health (3 units) |
| NURS 464* | Pediatric Nursing (5 units) |
Epidemiology: Quantitative Research Methods (4 units required)
*NURS courses are only available to current nursing students at UCLA
| Course: | Course Title: |
|---|---|
| EPI M204 | Logic, Causation, and Probability (4 units) |
| EPI 205 | Methods for Analyzing Non-Randomized and Quasi-Experimental Studies (4 units) |
| EPI 212 | Statistical Modeling in Epidemiology (4 units) |
| EPI 219 | Strategies for Increasing Sensitivity and Validity of Epidemiologic Studies ( 2 units) |
| EPI 267 | Methodologic Issues in Reproductive Epidemiology (2 units) |
| CHS M208 | Introduction to Demographic Methods (4 units) |
| CHS 212 | Advanced Social Research Methods in Health (4 units) |