Impact of MPH programs: contributing to health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The "health workforce" crisis has led to an increased interest in health professional education, including MPH programs. Recently, it was questioned whether training of mid- to higher level cadres in public health prepared graduates with competencies to strengthen health systems in low- and middle-income countries. Measuring educational impact has been notoriously difficult; therefore, innovative methods for measuring the outcome and impact of MPH programs were sought. Impact was conceptualized as "impact on workplace" and "impact on society," which entailed studying how these competencies were enacted and to what effect within the context of the graduates' workplaces, as well as on societal health.

Methods

This is part of a larger six-country mixed method study;

SUBMITTER: Zwanikken PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4994422 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature