PCH Programs
Community Health and Prevention Science
The Community Health and Prevention Science program is designed to train health professionals and public health practitioners to develop and evaluate interventions to improve community health, clinical care outcomes, and patient experiences, while maximizing resources and eliminating health disparities. This innovative program merges our existing Community Oriented Primary Care and Health Promotion programs into a comprehensive curriculum that prepares students to address complex public health challenges through multilevel, community-engaged, evidence-based interventions and research.
Community Oriented Primary Care
The Community Oriented Primary Care program (COPC) bridges public health and clinical care to create experts in the design, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of interventions to improve health outcomes and patient experience while lowering health care costs and eliminating health disparities.
Health Promotion
The Health Promotion program is designed to give students experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of individual, small group, and population level health interventions and prepare them for leadership positions in public health.
Maternal and Child Health
The Maternal and Child Health program addresses the health and well-being of women, children, and families in local and global communities through interventions, policy, practice, and research.
Public Health Communication and Marketing
The Public Health Communication and Marketing program (PHCM) educates public health professionals to use communication and marketing as strategic tools to influence people, places, and environmental conditions in ways that advance public health objectives.
Social and Behavioral Sciences - PhD
The mission of the GW Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health program is to educate individuals who are committed to making a difference by solving public health problems using social and behavioral research.