Department of Public Health, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Front Public Health. 2024 Aug 7;12:1443844. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1443844. eCollection 2024.
Landscaping studies related to public health education in India do not exclusively focus on the most common Masters of Public Health (MPH) program. The field of public health faces challenges due to the absence of a professional council, resulting in fragmented documentation of these programs. This study was undertaken to map all MPH programs offered across various institutes in India in terms of their geographic distribution, accreditation status, and administration patterns.
An exhaustive internet search using various keywords was conducted to identify all MPH programs offered in India. Websites were explored for their details. A data extraction tool was developed for recording demographic and other data. Information was extracted from these websites as per the tool and collated in a matrix. Geographic coordinates obtained from Google Maps, and QGIS software facilitated map generation.
The search identified 116 general and 13 MPH programs with specializations offered by different universities and institutes across India. India is divided into six zones, and the distribution of MPH programs in these zones is as follows, central zone has 20 programs; the east zone has 11; the north zone has 35; the north-east zone has 07; the south zone has 26; and the west zone has 17 MPH programs. While 107 are university grants commission (UGC) approved universities and institutes, only 46 MPH programs are conducted by both UGC approved and National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accredited universities and institutes. Five universities are categorized as central universities; 22 are deemed universities; 51 are private universities; and 29 are state universities. Nine are considered institutions of national importance by the UGC, and four institutions are recognized as institutions of eminence. All general MPH programs span 2 years and are administered under various faculties, with only 27 programs being conducted within dedicated schools or centers of public health.
The MPH programs in India show considerable diversity in their geographic distribution, accreditation status, and administration pattern.
印度与公共卫生教育相关的景观研究并不专门侧重于最常见的公共卫生硕士（MPH）课程。由于缺乏专业委员会，公共卫生领域面临挑战，导致这些课程的文件记录支离破碎。本研究旨在绘制印度各地各机构提供的所有 MPH 课程的地图，内容涉及它们的地理位置分布、认证状态和管理模式。
使用各种关键词进行了全面的互联网搜索，以确定印度提供的所有 MPH 课程。探索了网站以获取其详细信息。开发了一个数据提取工具，用于记录人口统计和其他数据。根据该工具从这些网站中提取信息，并将其整理在一个矩阵中。从谷歌地图和 QGIS 软件获取地理坐标，以方便地图生成。
搜索确定了印度不同大学和机构提供的 116 个普通和 13 个专业的 MPH 课程。印度分为六个区，这些区的 MPH 课程分布如下，中央区有 20 个课程；东区有 11 个；北区有 35 个；东北区有 07 个；南区有 26 个；西区有 17 个 MPH 课程。虽然有 107 个是大学拨款委员会（UGC）批准的大学和机构，但只有 46 个 MPH 课程是由 UGC 批准和国家评估与认证委员会（NAAC）认可的大学和机构开设的。五所大学被归类为中央大学；22 所是被认为的大学；51 所是私立大学；29 所是州立大学。九所被 UGC 认为是国家重要机构，四所被认为是卓越机构。所有普通 MPH 课程都持续 2 年，由不同的院系管理，只有 27 个课程在专门的公共卫生学校或中心开设。
印度的 MPH 课程在地理位置分布、认证状态和管理模式方面表现出相当大的多样性。
