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George Washington University
MicroMasters® Program inMaternal and Child Health
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What you will learn

  • An overview of the field of public health, focused on maternal and child health, with explorations of community health, environmental health, social determinants of health, and global health.
  • Practical public health skills, including using data from research, and how to plan and develop programs and policies that can improve the health of communities and populations, and make life healthier for women, children, and youth.
  • How political and societal factors affect women: how long women live, and the diseases and other health challenges they face across the life course in the U.S. and globally.
  • The history of public health and women’s health, and how it affects the challenges that women, children, and youth face today, including access to and use of health care resources.
  • The history of public health and women’s health, and how it affects the challenges that women, children, and youth face today, including access to and use of health care resources.
  • How to apply what you learn throughout the course to a final project, in which you can demonstrate your skills in addressing current MCH issues from local, national, and global perspectives.

  • Expert instruction
    5 graduate-level courses
  • Self-paced
    Progress at your own speed
  • 10 months
    2 - 4 hours per week
  • Discounted price:$1,704.75 Original price:$1,895.00 USD
    For the full program experience

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GW's Maternal and Child Health MicroMasters® Program

Meet your instructors
from George Washington University (GW)

Christina Heminger
Andrew Wiss
Monica Ruiz
Karen McDonnell
Nitasha Nagaraj
Amita Vyas
Christina Heminger
Christina Heminger

Teaching Associate Professor

George Washington University

Andrew Wiss
Andrew Wiss

Assistant Dean for Academic Innovation and Professorial Lecturer, Department of Health Policy and Management

George Washington University

Monica Ruiz
Monica Ruiz

Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health

George Washington University

Karen McDonnell
Karen McDonnell

Associate Professor, Prevention and Community Health

George Washington University

Nitasha Nagaraj
Nitasha Nagaraj

Assistant Teaching Professor, Prevention and Community Health

George Washington University

Amita Vyas
Amita Vyas

Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health

George Washington University

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Discounted price:$1,704.75 Original price:$1,895.00 USD

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