The MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences
is housed in the Department of 
Social and Behavioral Sciences
in the College of Public Health 
at Temple University
The College of Public Health is
the largest school of public health
in the region and social and behavioral
factors account for many of the greatest
health problems facing our nation today
The MPH in Social Behavioral Sciences
is a versatile degree that prepares
students for either practice-oriented careers
or future graduate and professional training
Training and health promotion, 
health and risk communication,
health counseling and health education
Faculty and students in
our program are engaged in research and
community outreach to improve the health
of all people in the region but many of
us focus on vulnerable populations such
as children people with chronic
illnesses and people living in poverty
I don't think that you can go anywhere
better than Temple for Public Health
The school is amazing the professors that
I've had have been incredible and you're
in an area where there's just so much opportunity
Philadelphia really is a
melting pot. I know that's kind of cliché to
stay but there are so many people here
from different backgrounds and there's
so much opportunity and any facet that
you want to take in Public Health.
graduate students in our programs have opportunities
to conduct research with our faculty
members if they choose
there are several active labs run by our
faculty including my own which is the
health disparities lab there's also the
social and behavioral interventions labs
the health and behavioral research
clinic the center of obesity research
and education and the health
communications Our MPH students also
learn how to think about public health
problems and solutions from the
perspective of systems intervention
health policies and epidemiology because
we are one of the largest schools of
Public Health in the region there are
also ample opportunities for learning
from peers and professors
The professors here are amazing 
More often than not
they are people highly
invested in not only the their work and
resarch, but also developing you as a
student as an educator and researcher
Our MPH program has a low student
faculty ratio which allows for small
classes with a lot of interaction and
individualized attention students meet
with their academic advisor to plot out
their courses and discuss what they want
to be studying throughout their tenure
here in addition to the core courses
students choose from an array of
elective courses tailored to their
personal interests
what's important is that students get
hands-on experience through fieldwork
options that are highlights of their 
training here
During the field work
experience students take all of the
theories concepts and skills they learn
in a classroom and they practice them in
a public health setting so we work with
over 175 community agencies
both in Philadelphia and around the
surrounding counties
To match both agency need and student
interests so we have conversations with students
early in the year about where they want
to take their public health career and
then we do our best to find an agency
match that allows them to further develop
those skills and really become an expert
in either their subject area or with a
certain population or with a certain skill sets.
So I've liked every placement that I 
have gotten so far every placement that
had every volunteership or internship has been
a really good experience for my career
Right now I'm doing my fieldwork at an
agency called Carrie it's an advocacy
agency and we advocate for older adults
60 years old and above with my fieldwork
project i'm developing a staff wellness
program and that is going to benefit
people among the whole Philadelphia
School District so we are all trying to
better the help of individuals we all
have our specific interest but we go for
the common good of trying to make
everybody as healthy as possible
I really feel like I'm being prepared
for going out into the real world and
making a difference
we've had students do everything from small-scale
program development and implementation
with a small community agency to
students working at a local health
department or a state health department
doing broad-scale program evaluation we
have students working out of wide
variety of agencies to make public
health situations better for various
populations
