Program: Strategies for Eliminating Health Inequities Micro-Credential - University at Buffalo

Apr 10, 2025

WORKING 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

The micro-credential provides a means to develop the skills and knowledge required for addressing health inequities. Developed specifically for the non-profit and for-profit community, this program consists of two courses and a portfolio building experience. The courses will help you to gain content expertise on the origins of health inequities and will provide the necessary tools for intervening to eliminate health disparities. The development of a portfolio will enable you to demonstrate your ability to design a strategy for reducing health disparities (such as a program, policy initiative or other intervention).

For more information and to apply visit the Office of Micro-Credentials.

Course Requirements

Strategies for Eliminating Health Inequities Core (6 credits)

Select 2 from:

CHB 513LEC - A Public Health Perspective on Aging Credits: 3
CHB 522SEM - Refugee Health Credits: 3
CHB 523LEC - Introduction to Program Planning and Evaluation Credits: 3
CHB 524SEM - Sexual Risk Behavior Credits: 3
CHB 535LEC - Indigenous Health Disparities Credits: 3
URP 508SEM - Race, Class, Gender and the City Credits: 3
CHB 525LEC - Health Disparities Credits: 3 or
CHB 625LEC - Health Disparities Credits: 3

Additional Requirements

After completing the two courses, you will plan a novel strategy for reducing a health inequity and prepare a slide deck for presenting the strategy. This strategy can be a program, policy proposal, systems change process or other initiative. You do not need to present the strategy; however, ideally, you would present it in a community setting.

Total Credit Hours: 6

3.0 GPA required

Instruction Method

Hybrid (some of the micro-credential requirements can be fulfilled online)

Average Time to Completion

Two Semesters