Foundations of Public Health Practice

Certificate for NYS Practitioners
This basic introductory certificate provides foundation knowledge for public health workers with limited formal education or training in public health. These courses are offered in regional workshops or via distance learning (online or webstream). The certificate is sponsored by the NYS Department of Health in partnershiop with the School of Public Health. It does not offer academic credit.

Who should register?
Public health practitioners in local health departments and the NYS Department of Health are eligible to participate with permission from their supervisor.

What are the requirements and costs?
Participants must register for the certificate and complete the requirements and two electives as laid out on the Foundations Tracking Sheet. Instruction and materials are provided at no charge*. Travel costs and obtaining release time are the responsibility of the participant.

Core Requirements:

• Orientation to Public Health - Online course
• Introduction to Public Health in NYS (PH 101)
• Field Epidemiology (PH 102) - Online course
• Microbiology: An Introduction - Online course
• Public Health Microbiology (PH 103A)
• Communicable Disease Control (PH 103B)
• Zoonosis (PH 103C)
• Insects as Disease Vectors (PH 103D)
• Exploring Cross Cultural Communication - Online course
• Public Health Live - T2B2
     Public Health Nursing
     Public Health Works
     Public Health and Public Policy
  (view one of these past broadcasts)

• Indoor Air (EH 104A)**
• Risk Assessment (EH 104B)**
• Radiation Health (EH 104C)**
• Contaminated Sites (EH 104D)**
• Testimony and Enforcement in New York State (EH 106)
• Health Literacy and Public Health - Online course
• Terrorism, Preparedness and Public Health - Online course
• Practicing Cross-Cultural Communication - Online course
• Public/Community Health Nursing Orientation - Online course - $8 fee; 9.6 contact hours*

*The elective online NYSNA course "Public/Community Health Nursing Orientation" has a minimal fee of $8.

**Two of the EH 104 classes count as one elective.