{"id":85122,"date":"2016-06-08T10:29:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T14:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?page_id=85122"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:05:59","slug":"community-assessment-program-design-implementation-and-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/degrees-and-programs\/master-of-public-health-programs\/certificates\/mph-functional-certificates\/community-assessment-program-design-implementation-and-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>As part of Boston University\u2019s on-campus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/degrees-and-programs\/master-of-public-health-programs\/\">Master of Public Health (MPH) degree<\/a>, you will choose at least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/degrees-and-programs\/master-of-public-health-programs\/certificates\/mph-functional-certificates\/\">Functional Certificate<\/a> as your area of concentration, building upon your interests, strengths and career goals.<\/h4>\n<h3>Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation (CAPDIE) Functional Certificate<\/h3>\n<aside class=\"callout alignright\"><div class=\"callout-content\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">CAPDIE Career Stats<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"bu-infographics\"><div class=\"row bu-infographic-row has-infographic-donut-chart\">\n<div id=\"bu-infographic-9cae2c\" class=\"bu-infographic-donut-chart col-md-6\">\n\t<div class=\"donut-chart\" data-percent=\"0\" data-percent-final=\"96\">\n\t\t<span class=\"donut-chart-text\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"donut-chart-value\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"donut-chart-accent\">%<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p>CAPDIE placement rate at 12 months<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See our CAPDIE alumni&#8217;s median salary, industry breakdown, and example roles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/careers\/graduate-employment-data\/mph-functional-certificate-data\/#community-assessment-program-design-implementation-evaluation\" class=\"button\" >Graduate Employment Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/aside>Assessing community needs and assets, program design and implementation, and evaluation are core functions of public health practice. This 16-credit certificate equips students with the essential tools and knowledge base to conduct effective community-based health promotion activities with a diverse array of populations and health issues. Special emphasis is placed on acquiring skills for anti-oppressive, culturally humble public health practice and strategies for developing authentic partnerships that amplify sustainable political and social power in marginalized communities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan and conduct systematic community health needs assessments, integrating multiple sources of data and community and stakeholder input.<\/li>\n<li>Synthesize the published evidence base with information identified through community needs assessment to create a comprehensive public health intervention plan which responds appropriately and effectively to key identified priorities.<\/li>\n<li>Formulate an implementation and sustainability plan designed to engage community members, policymakers, practitioners, funders, and researchers.<\/li>\n<li>Design a program evaluation, including formative, process, and impact evaluation, and be able to articulate a plan for evaluation using a standard logic model.<\/li>\n<li>Apply strategies for equitable, collaborative partnerships with communities, based on common recognition of sources of structured social privilege and disadvantage and a shared goal of seeking to expand community assets and power to improve health outcomes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"editorial-featured\">\n\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"362\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/03\/IMG_7912.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-sph_thumb size-sph_thumb\" alt=\"People walk into a tunnel at Franklin Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6>Featured Story<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2024\/students-and-community-come-together-to-take-the-pulse-of-franklin-park\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hed\">Students and Community Come Together to take the Pulse of Franklin Park<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dek\">Students in Jonathan Jay\u2019s assessment and planning for health promotion course collaborated with neighborhood organizations and community members to document the health assets and challenges facing nearby residents and visitors to Franklin Park, Boston\u2019s largest public park.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h3>Sample Course Titles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Assessment and Planning for Health Promotion<\/li>\n<li>Program Design for Global Health<\/li>\n<li>Planning and Managing MCH Programs in Developing Countries<\/li>\n<li>Quantitative Methods for Program Evaluation<\/li>\n<li>Social Justice and the Health of Populations: Racism and other Systems of Oppression in the United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/sph\/programs\/mph\/community-assessment\/\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" target=\"_blank\" >View the BU Bulletin for Course Requirements<\/a>\n<h3>Sample Practicum<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Assisted the Milton Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition with the first phase of their community assessment: researching, assessing, and organizing quantitative data related to substance abuse and mental health in Milton<\/li>\n<li>Member of the research team at Barbara McInnis House (Boston-based respite center for homeless patients run by Boston Healthcare for the Homeless), participated in a Quality Improvement Project aimed at improving rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with FIT (fecal immunochemical testing) among patients staying in respite<\/li>\n<li>Chronic Disease Epidemiology Intern with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, assisted with developing an evaluation plan for two statewide initiatives (Mass in Motion and an additional grant from CDC) which aim to prevent obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke via several mutually reinforcing strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/careers\/graduate-employment-data\/mph-functional-certificate-data\/\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >View Career Data<\/a>\n<h3><span>Integrative Learning Experience<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\">The CAPDIE ILE gives students the opportunity to synthesize and apply the traditional skills of the community health practitioner: community assessment, intervention design and program evaluation. With the close guidance of the CAPDIE Director, each ILE student will develop a short grant proposal to conduct a community health project to advance equity. Students will have a choice of topics and populations on which to focus.<\/p>\n<h3>Certificate Director<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\"><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"col-sm-6\">\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing-container single-profile-format\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-single\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"sph-profile-basic-card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/candice-belanoff\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sph-profile-basic-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sph-profile-basic-image\"><figure class=\"profile-photo profile-single-photo\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2013\/10\/Candice-Belanoff-1.jpg\" alt=\"Candice Belanoff\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sph-profile-basic-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sph-profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sph-profile-name\" data-name=\"Candice M Belanoff\"><span class=\"sph-profile-name-full\">Candice M Belanoff<\/span>, <span class=\"sph-profile-name-degrees\"> ScD, MPH<\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"sph-profile-main-position\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sph-profile-main-position\"><span class=\"sph-profile-position-title\"> Clinical Associate Professor<\/span><span class=\"sph-profile-position-department\"><span>, <\/span>Community Health Sciences<\/span> <span class=\"sph-profile-position-institution\"> <span>- <\/span>Boston University School of Public Health<\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<\/div><div class=\"col-sm-6\">\u201cThe Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation certificate program encompasses skills and knowledge essential to conducting on-the-ground public health work. A key component of this program is the emphasis on equity and justice in public health practice. We want our graduates to be well-prepared to partner authentically with communities, so that their work not only promotes health but social justice as well.\u201d<\/div><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2026\/08\/CAPDIE-roadmap_26-27.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall 2026\/Spring 2027 CAPDIE Certificate Roadmap<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/07\/CAPDIE_2025-2026-registrar-approved.pdf\">Fall 2025\/Spring 2026 CAPDIE Certificate Roadmap<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/08\/CAPDIE-Certificate-Roadmap_AY-2024-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fall 2024\/Spring 2025 CAPDIE Certificate Roadmap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*<em>Please note that all roadmaps are subject to change<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2026\/08\/CAPDIE-ILE-INSTRUCTIONS-SPRING-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CAPDIE ILE Instructions SPRING 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Contact the Department of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:chsdept@bu.edu\">Community Health Sciences<\/a><span>, the home of the CAPDIE Certificate, for any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/students\/advising-and-registration\/registrar-contact\/\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Registrar<\/a>\n<a href=\" https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/students\/student-services\/graduate-student-life-team\/\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Graduate Student Life<\/a>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><span><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Which course bulletin should I use if I matriculated several years ago?<\/h6><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">Find any previous academic year&#8217;s Bulletin in the BU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/bulletin\/archive\/\">archive<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Do I have to take the Assessment-Intervention\/Implementation-Evaluation courses in succession?<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"> While not expressly <em>required<\/em>, students are encouraged to begin with a course in Assessment, followed by a course in Intervention\/Implementation, followed by a course in Evaluation. The topics covered in these courses build upon one another and will often make more sense if taken\u00a0sequentially. Students should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> take all three of these courses during the same semester. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">I already have a background in public health. Can I take the doctoral-level courses?<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"> Students seeking to take the doctoral-level courses should consult with the Instructors of those courses to determine if they would be a good fit .<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Do I Have To Finish My Functional Certificate Courses Before I Start Taking Courses For My Context Certificate?<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"> No, you can take classes for two certificates simultaneously. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">How many credits do I have to take for my functional certificate?<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"> Sixteen credits are required for most functional certificates. A maximum of four credits may used to fulfill requirements in any two certificates. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">I Took A Course Listed In The Bulletin (Or On A Roadmap) As Counting Toward My Certificate, But My Record Doesn't Show It Fulfilling A Requirement. What's Going On?<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">Your record is linked to the Bulletin as it appeared when you were admitted to BUSPH. Subsequent changes to the certificate lineup do not automatically appear as options for you. If you take a course that has been added to the certificate since you matriculated, you can fill out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2019\/08\/Course-Substitution-Form_082919.pdf\">Course\u00a0Substitution form<\/a> and have it signed by the Certificate Director] in order to receive credit. Course Substitution forms should be filed prior to applying to graduate.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">When should I complete my Practicum?<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"> Students may start their practicum once they successfully complete the core curriculum. Many students opt to fulfill their hours during the summer when they are not taking a full course load. Click here for more information on the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/careers\/for-students\/practmenu\/\">Practicum<\/a>. Students must be enrolled in, or have already completed, the Practicum prior to beginning the Integrative Learning Experience (ILE). <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<o:p><\/o:p><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">When is the ILE?<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>All MPH students complete the ILE for their functional certificate during their final semester of the program. This can be during the fall, spring, or summer semesters. Students must submit an application to graduate during the <em>preceding<\/em> semester in order to be enrolled in the ILE by the Registrar. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h4>For more information about MPH degree requirements and admissions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/admissions\/request-information\/\">request information to learn more<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Boston University\u2019s on-campus Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, you will choose at least one Functional Certificate as your area of concentration, building upon your interests, strengths and career goals. 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