{"id":1471,"date":"2026-07-23T09:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthprofessions.ucf.edu\/healthsciences\/?page_id=1471"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:36:30","slug":"health-policy-planning-and-leadership-track","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/healthprofessions.ucf.edu\/healthsciences\/mph\/health-policy-planning-and-leadership-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Policy, Planning, and Leadership Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1784981822971{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 180px !important;padding-bottom: 180px !important;background: #545454 url(https:\/\/healthprofessions.ucf.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/HPPL-track6-scaled.jpg?id=1528) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;mb-4&#8243;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1527858038636{padding-right: 80px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"evc-section-title evc-shortcode mainHomeTitle\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t<div class=\"evc-st-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"evc-st-title\" style=\"color: #000000\">\n\t\t\t\tHealth Policy, Planning, and Leadership Track\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"evc-section-title evc-shortcode mainHomeSubtitle\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t<div class=\"evc-st-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"evc-st-title\" style=\"color: #ffffff\">\n\t\t\t\tUCF Master of Public Health\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1528478285673{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-color: #fecb2f !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1528478351304{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1528478366376{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\t\t<nav class=\"sections-menu-wrapper\" aria-label=\"Page section navigation\" style=\"min-height: 60px;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-primary sections-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"navbar-toggler collapsed ml-auto\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#sections-menu\" aria-controls=\"#sections-menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-text\">Skip to Section<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar-collapse collapse\" id=\"sections-menu\" data-autoselect=\"true\" data-selector=\".auto-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"nav navbar-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDc2VjdGlvbiUyMGlkJTNEJTIyb3ZlcnZpZXclMjIlMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMmF1dG8tc2VjdGlvbiUyMiUyMGRhdGEtc2VjdGlvbi1saW5rLXRpdGxlJTNEJTIyT3ZlcnZpZXclMjIlMjByb2xlJTNEJTIycmVnaW9uJTIyJTIwYXJpYS1sYWJlbCUzRCUyMk92ZXJ2aWV3JTIyJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;my-5 py-4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647288756116{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1530031590089{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1788466106516{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]The <strong>Health Policy, Planning, and Leadership (HPPL) <\/strong>track <span data-teams=\"true\">of the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthprofessions.ucf.edu\/healthsciences\/mph\/\">Master of Public Health degree<\/a> <\/span>prepares future health leaders to shape policies, lead organizations, and improve the health of communities. 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