Health & Health Sciences

Explore strategies to promote positive health changes, contribute to public health knowledge for entire populations, and help improve the health of individuals and communities.

Walden’s Doctor of Healthcare Administration program can help prepare you to be the effective healthcare leader and problem-solver your organization needs.

Explore both individual and population health, focusing on health behavior theory and techniques for changing behaviors. Using the latest technology, students will review case studies that touch on current trends and research and explore best practices from a global perspective.

Gain the skills to evaluate the effectiveness of healthcare policy and advance research and practice in health services, and prepare for a leadership or academic position.

Lead organizations in promoting healthy, safe communities with a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) from Walden University.

Walden's online master's in health education and promotion degree program is uniquely designed to help you advance in both your career and life. Learn more today.

Become an innovative healthcare leader with a global perspective. Our MHA program offers course-based and competency-based options with flexible scheduling.

Protect and improve public health worldwide. In this program, you can learn multidisciplinary approaches to improve food and water safety, combat infectious diseases and pandemics, and more.

Gain skills to address challenges in healthcare systems, environmental health, disease prevention, health informatics, policy, global health, ethics, and behavioral and cultural issues.

Develop skills in the business side of healthcare. Prepare to improve patient care and excel in the thriving field of healthcare management.

Develop a greater understanding of policies, organization, and dynamics of the U.S. healthcare system in our online BS in Health Studies degree program.

We offer hundreds of for-credit individual courses in education, counseling, business, IT, psychology, and health, among other areas which may be applied to Walden degree programs.

In the Leadership and Organizational Development specialization, you explore leadership and organizational theories, concepts, and trends in the healthcare setting.

With Walden’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation specialization, you will expand your critical leadership and practical skills—such as grant writing and generating resources—to support your own ideas and your organization.

In the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) General Program, you can prepare to help your organization address the challenges of today’s changing healthcare landscape.

In the Population Health specialization, you explore leadership and organizational theories, concepts, and trends in the healthcare setting.

The Systems and Policy specialization helps give you a solid understanding of systems and policy theories—and the ability to think critically and creatively about the big picture, a requirement of tomorrow’s healthcare leaders and managers.

The challenges of health and well-being in today’s world require an understanding of the social, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive factors associated with disease, illness and injury. These factors can not only vary in important ways by geography, but by differences in culture, race/ethnicity, and experience.

A projected healthcare industry growth of 21.7% by 2016* will raise the demand for health professionals who are effective leaders, critical thinkers, and ethical decision-makers. Gain a broad understanding of the field of health studies and position yourself for a leadership role in health-related organizations with Walden’s enhanced Health Management concentration in the B.S. in Health Studies program.

To successfully navigate the ever-evolving healthcare field, today’s health professionals can benefit from a solid foundation in the health sciences. Walden’s BS in Health Studies General Option gives you the opportunity to custom-tailor a course of study to support your career goals.

With multiple weight-loss shows on television and celebrity exercise regimens discussed in every tabloid, it’s hard to decipher what’s healthy and what’s hype. Now, with the Health Promotion and Wellness concentration, you can help individuals and communities—and even yourself—embrace a healthier lifestyle and achieve optimal wellness.

As the field of public health grows, so does the need for trained professionals who are prepared to assume leadership and decision-making roles in private, government, or nonprofit public health agencies.

Yoga and Pilates. Organic farmers’ markets. Community bike paths. A renewed interest in wellness and vitality has prompted the healthcare industry to take a closer look at how we move, what we eat, and why we behave the way we do. You can stay in step with the sweeping changes that are impacting our nation’s health by enrolling in Walden’s BS in Health Studies with a concentration in Health Promotion and Wellness.