MPH Program Values
Student Preparation: Prepare students to enter the public health workforce with relevant public health and health promotion knowledge, competencies, and skills.
The BYU MPH program possesses a set of broad principles to which it is committed. They are values
that reflect the heart of studying public health at BYU and define daily faculty-student interactions.
The following values reflect the heart of our work together. Thus, we seek to be:
Population based – We value a primary focus on the health of populations, promoting community and family-centered health, using ecological frameworks;
Prevention oriented – We value health promotion and disease prevention as a key approach to primary prevention;
Interdisciplinary minded – We value the strength of perspectives and unique contributions found in many disciplines and thereby seek to foster respect and collaboration;
Student centered – We value students as the primary focus of our work and strive to meet their needs through mentored research, teaching or service opportunities; and
Integrity committed – We value personal and organizational integrity as sought through a collective commitment to the Honor Code and the AIMS of a BYU education.