walden university MPH prgram

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Just wondering if anyone has taken or is in Walden Universitys' MPH online program, and what they think of it.Im planning on starting their Sept intake.

Thank you so much MPHgirl! Our interests are quite similar! I too am interested in maternal child health. But I definitely plan on getting more clinical experience .Using clinical skills, dealing with prevention programs and educating are my interests! Is there a lot of pt interaction? Or does it depend on the job? I need some pt. interaction b/c I've discovered that that's what drives me...need to know that I'm making a difference.

Do you know if there is a differential for the starting salary with an MPH?

I too plan on becoming a NP in the future! Where r u planning on getting your MSN? And in what specialty?

Thank you all again! Very helpful!

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Thanks! Sounds Cool nika1980! What part do you enjoy the most? What's most rewarding for you?

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Environmental health because I love to see restaurants inspected and I have learned so much about foodbourne illnesses, I am just in shock how disgust people are when handling our food. Be careful because it doesn't matter where eat you can end up with a nasty illness!!

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That's interesting!! I know I'm going off topic but I work in a restaurant...so I have firsthand experience of some things that shouldn't be! The owners sometimes freak out when they know health inspectors are coming!!! LOL! I'm surprised that I still eat out!!! I praise God that I haven't gotten ill. Well... just once I broke out in a rash after eating at a Mexican restaurant. Thought it was the cilantro or basil, but I ate there again and I was fine...so maybe it had something to do with the way the food was handled the first time...:eek:

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Hahaha, amen to that, I pray over everything eat. So, are you already a nurse seeking info on the MPH?

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Yeah, i'm a new grad rn still waiting for an rn position to get clinical experience, but already going back to school...definitely interested in the MPH so just want to find out what it's really like from people who are in a program or completed it. I wish I could just incorporate all my interests and make it into one profession with one major job title with subheadings!!! I love balance! Thanks for all your help! :nuke: The only thing that scares me a little about public health is the epidemiology factor, which is major in PH... I know the basic gist of it, but i won't really know what it's about until I get into it I guess...

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Yeah, epi may or may not be a challenge to you, so please don't let one class prevent you from getting more education. I wish you the best

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I am thinking about taking the MPH program at Walden simply because it would fit my schedule but i'm cautious about Walden because its not accredited. My worst fear is i take out all that money for a masters and no one will hire me because they werent accredited. I also heard that you have to find your own internships which is fine by me, but who would want to take someone on in an internship with a company if your degree is meaningless. Maybe i'm all wrong and would love to be proven wrong. I'm not saying Walden is an easy school or a diploma mill, I'm just worried that after all that hard work, no one hires you. Is anyone in the program or graduated that have something lined up? What kind of road blocks are you running into with a walden MPH degree? any info on anyone who is in walden or considered walden would be benefitical right now.

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I am finishing my mph at Walden,, what do you mean it is not accredited? I am finishing up my internship in May at a health department. Let me also add, that my supervisor at that the health department chose me the "online student" to be apart of a board of executives that make decisions on the health policies of a particular clinic in my city.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health.

no, unfortunately walden's mph program, itself, is not accredited (though the online school as a whole entity is accredited). on walden's accreditation page: http://www.waldenu.edu/c/about/about_231.htm, it says "in addition to regional accreditation at the university level, there are professional accreditation bodies that accredit certain degree programs. however, not all programs require or are even eligible for specialized accreditation." there are some specialized degree programs that do not have national accreditation boards, therefore making accreditation "not required." however, the mph degree program does have a national accreditation board.

walden is not recognized by the council on education of public health (ceph) as being an accredited mph school. all accredited schools of public health in the u.s. are members of the association of schools of public health (asph). for more information on accredited public health schools in the us check out: http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=200. this webpage will show you a list of all the schools in the u.s. that are accredited and schools that are on their way to becoming accredited. the asph website also explains the difference between an accredited school and one that is not accredited.

ruracte,

there are accredited schools of public health that do offer distance learning mph programs for your convenience. check out the above url. good luck!

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I hear what you are saying but all traditional schools of public health are not on that list, I can name several, so are we to say those traditional schools that are not on that list are not good schools. Bottom line, it depends on what you want to do with the degree.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health.
I hear what you are saying but all traditional schools of public health are not on that list, I can name several, so are we to say those traditional schools that are not on that list are not good schools. Bottom line, it depends on what you want to do with the degree.

What do you mean by "traditional schools"?

Accredited programs are designed to give students the "best quality" public health education possible, according to ASPH, because they are held to high standards set by the CEPH. I wouldn't necessarily say that a student from an accredited school is a better public health practitioner than a student from an unaccredited school (or that non-accredited schools aren't good schools). However, there may be employers out there who think accredited grads are better. Also, graduates from an unaccredited school are not eligble to become certified in public health (CPH). The first certification tests were given last year. I'm not sure if, in the future, employers will be encouraged to use the CPH as a way to weed out public health grads from unaccredited schools, but it looks like they are going slowly in that direction. As of right now, however, I think public health experience, itself, speaks more than anything.

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