TCNJ wants to add master's in public health program

Green hall, The president's office and administration offices at TCNJ.(Frank Jacobs III)

EWING -- The College of New Jersey is aiming to create a master's of public health program that, if approved by the state, would begin in the fall of 2018, the school said in a statement.

The development of the program, the statement said, stems from a lack of "proficient public health facilitators worldwide."

The proposed program will have three tracks, or areas of study.

The precision health track will focus on technology in health, the health communication track will focus on teaching healthy behavior and reducing health risks via agencies, and the global health track will focus on impact of culture, social structure, and other systems that effect health disparities globally.

If approved, the program will be housed in the college's School of Nursing, Health & Exercise Science.

"Due to the shortage of highly qualified healthcare providers, increases in lifestyle-related chronic diseases, and the absence of a prevention focus in many developing countries, the need for public health professionals is increasing globally," Carole Kenner, Dean of the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science said.

TCNJ added a Bachelor of Science in Public Health program a few years ago, and the school recently saw it's first class of graduates in May 2017, the school statement said. The undergraduate program currently has 110 students enrolled.

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