Department of Health Administration and Policy
Our Mission
Through education, research and service activities, the Department of Health Administration and Policy is to enhance the effectiveness of public health and health services delivery by contributing to health policy analysis and improving the administration of all health service organizations.
Our Goals
- Educating students for competent participation in the development and interpretation of health policy and in the planning and management of health services programs and organizations.
- Conducting basic and applied research on health policy and the financing, organization and delivery of health services.
- Providing service to health policy makers and institutions through consultation and continuing education.
Departmental Activities
1. Education
Enable students to develop competencies in health policy analysis, health program design, planning and implementation and the effective and efficient management of health service organizations The Department's curricula include the following opportunities
A. To acquire knowledge of the history, theory and functions of the health service system through the study of:
- the determinants of health
- the relationship between health and social services
- the development and consequences of health policy
- the planning, organizing, and managing of health service programs and organizations
- features of economics and financial analysis distinctive to health service organizations
- quantitative methods such as statistics and operations research
- administrative processes, including planning, organizing, managing and evaluating
- leadership skills, including team building, communication and improvement
2. Research
Departmental research is aimed at the discovery of knowledge about the optimal functioning of health programs, organizations and policies, the integration of discovered knowledge, and the application and dissemination of knowledge.
To promote research and the integration of teaching, research and service, the Department:
- Encourages faculty to engage in research, field studies and other investigative efforts related to their fields of interest by recognizing this activity as a crucial academic responsibility.
- Exposes students to and engages them in, faculty research efforts to the maximum extent.
- Promotes the exchange and sharing of research findings and the development of collaborative research activities with faculty in other departments of the College of Public Health, the Health Sciences Center and others engaged in the health service research enterprise.
Service is rendered to health policy makers, planners and managers of health service organizations, particularly the region served by the College of Public Health of Oklahoma and the region through consultation and continuing education.
Service to health services agencies and organizations shortens the time lag between the development of new knowledge and its application in health administrative practice. Such effort also is vital in maintaining and strengthening the "clinical" proficiency of the faculty.
You may reach us by phone at:
(405) 271-2114
By Mail:
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
College of Public Health
Department of Health Administration & Policy
P.O. Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73190
By Phone:
For information regarding application to the program call the College of Public Health Office of Student Services at 405-271-2308.
