Articulation as a pathway to success: the NMSU/DACC partnership for associates and bachelors of public health New Mexico Academic Advising Association March 6, 2015 Amy Collins, Associate Professor, DACC Becky Corran, Assistant Professor, DACC Letty Gallegos, Academic Advisor, Public Health Programs, NMSU Dr. Sue Forster-Cox, Associate Professor, Online Program Coordinator, NMSU Dr. Satya Rao, Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, NMSU
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Articulation as a pathway to success: the NMSU/DACC partnership for associates and bachelors of public health
New Mexico Academic Advising AssociationMarch 6, 2015
Amy Collins, Associate Professor, DACCBecky Corran, Assistant Professor, DACC
Letty Gallegos, Academic Advisor, Public Health Programs, NMSUDr. Sue Forster-Cox, Associate Professor, Online Program Coordinator, NMSU
Dr. Satya Rao, Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, NMSU
Public health articulation
Overview• What is public health? • History of the current articulation between DACC Associates of
Public Health and NMSU Bachelors of Public Health.• Institutional and student benefits, key stakeholders.• Advisory collaboration • Faculty collaboration• Recruitment and retention• Accomplishments• Scaling up and out: opportunities to build 2+2 programs across
campuses
Public Health is the science of protecting and improving the health of communities
through education, promotion of healthy
lifestyles, and research for disease and injury
prevention. (ASPH-2009)
• Encompasses– Behavioral Science/Health
Education – Biostatistics– Emergency Medical Services– Environmental Health– Epidemiology– Health Services
Admin/Management– International/Global Health– Maternal and Child Health– Nutrition– Public Health Laboratory Practice– Public Health Policy
Public health articulation
What is public health?
Public health articulation
What is public health? • Population-based focus on health• Students will learn to gather and interpret health data,
and then translate that to health behavior interventions and community organizing
• Ideal for students who want to work with the public on health issues, but prefer to take a broader view
Public health articulation
History of the NMSU/DACC Articulation• Articulation originally finalized in
2010 (discusisons began in 2005)• Signed off by:
– NMSU• Undergrad Program Coordinator• Department Head• Associate Dean for Academics• Dean
– DACC• Program Director• Division Dean• VP for Academic Affairs• Campus President
• Frequently revisited by faculty, program directors/coordinators and department heads
http://publichealth.nmsu.edu/undergraduates/current-students-2/• Public Health Careers: http://www.whatispublichealth.org/careers/index.html• What is Public Health? http://www.whatispublichealth.org/