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Maternal and Child Health has had a resurgence of interest among health care providers, policy makers, and others in recent years. Public Health focuses on the premise that prevention of disease is the best approach to controlling cost, increasing access to health care, and improving health status of populations, more and more individuals see the need for additional education as an avenue to accomplishing these goals. Completers of the certificate will be better able to contribute to the improvement in the health status of women and children at risk.

Offered through the Main Campus, it can be completed the Maternal and Child Health graduate certificate can be completed in one to four years. Affiliated with the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, students who successfully complete the certificate and are later admitted to the MPH program, may use all units toward the MPH if they choose either the Maternal and Child Health or the Health Behavior Health Promotion concentrations.

Domestic applicants choose between taking courses as a member of the Main or Arizona Online Campus. International students apply to the Global Online Experience Campus. Main Campus students have the choice of taking courses either in-person or online. Arizona Online students and Global Online Experience students enjoy the flexibility of completing the curriculum completely online and do not pay the non-resident tuition rate when they have non-Arizona resident status.

Arizona's first and only accredited college of public health, the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is uniquely situated in the culturally rich and diverse Southwest. Distinguished for our outstanding community-based research and for our focus on eliminating health disparities among populations of the Southwest and globally, the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health offers tremendous opportunities to its students for education, research and community involvement.

The College of Public Health's interdisciplinary activities are enhanced by being part of the Arizona Health Sciences Center with campuses in Tucson and Phoenix. The College consistently ranks among the top five in American Indian and Hispanic graduates and students enrolled among accredited schools of public health, according to recent data from the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. In addition, the University of Arizona is one of only 62 members in the Association of American Universities, a prestigious organization that recognizes universities that have developed exceptionally strong overall research and academic programs.