Fieldwork Projects
To earn the Master of Public Health degree, students must complete a fieldwork thesis project. At Arcadia, students define their own projects under the guidance of faculty mentors.
There are many types of projects students can choose to do including the following:
- Quantitative research, which involves the collection of primary data or analysis of secondary data
- Qualitative research, which includes utilizing focus groups, face-to-face and telephone interviews, comparative case studies, etc. to gather information
- Systematic reviews, comparative analysis, or policy papers
Past projects have included the following:
- Segregation and Health: An Analysis of U.S. and Philadelphia Housing Policies
- Assessing Health Care Utilization of Young Adults in Inner City Philadelphia
- United States Organ Donation Policy: An Exploration of Policy Alternatives
- Evaluating Health Care Delivery to Patients of Limited English Proficiency at Abington Memorial Hospital
Working in the Field
While earning her Master of Public Health degree, Keila Canete ’07M began volunteering at the Maternity Care Coalition’s Northeast MOMobile. Due to her outstanding work, she is now the Program Director for a MOMobile site in Philadelphia, providing women with prenatal and postpartum education. Canete is also the first recipient of the Wallace E. Young Community Service Public Health Award. The award is given to a graduate student in Public Health/Health Education who exemplifies the spirit of community public health outreach in under-served and high-risk minority communities and has engaged in significant health promotion and disease prevention activities through direct service or education.
