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Catalog Year: 2015/2016
Degree: Master of Public Health
Program (Major/College): M.P.H./P.H.
Concentration: Public Health Education (Code: PHN)
COPH Department: Community and Family Health
Minimum Credit Hours: 46
Check Sheets by Year: | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 |
Please print the check sheet and take it with you to your advising appointments each semester.
Concentration Details
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In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Public Health Education graduates will be able to: - Assess individual and community needs for health education;
- Obtain health related data about social and cultural environments, growth and development factors, needs and interests.
- Distinguish between behaviors that foster and those that hinder well-being.
- Infer needs for health education on the basis of obtained data.
- Plan effective health education programs;
- Recruit community organizations, resource people, and potential participants for support and assistance in program planning.
- Develop a logical scope and sequence plan for a health education program.
- Formulate appropriate and measurable objectives.
- Design educational programs consistent with specified program objectives.
- Implement health education programs;
- Exhibit competence in carrying out planned educational programs.
- Infer enabling objectives as needed to implement instructional programs in specified settings.
- Select methods and media best suited to implement program plans for specific learners.
- Evaluate effectiveness of health education programs;
- Develop plans to assess achievement of program objectives.
- Interpret results of program evaluation.
- Infer implications from findings for future program planning.
- Act as a resource person;
- Utilize computerized health information retrieval systems effectively.
- Select effective educational resource materials for dissemination.
- Communicate health and health educational needs, concerns, and resources;
- Interpret concepts, purposes, and theories of health education.
- Predict the impact of societal value systems of health education programs.
- Select a variety of communication methods and techniques in providing health information
- Apply appropriate research principles and methods in health education; and
- Conduct a thorough review of literature.
- Use appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Apply research to health education practice.
- Advance the profession of public health education and health promotion.
- Provide a critical analysis of current and future needs.
- Apply ethical principles as they relate to the practice of health education
The above are based on the national competencies and responsibilities identified by the health education profession. |
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In addition to meeting the admission requirements for the Master of Public Health degree, applicants should also meet these concentration prerequisites: - Suggested/preferred undergraduate majors: Undergraduate majors may be admitted from a wide range of backgrounds, although majors from nursing, the natural sciences, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and education are desirable.
- Work experience: Work experience in the field of public health and health education is appropriate, but not necessary.
- Three letters of recommendation from academic and/or related professional sources.
- Career goal statement
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| Curriculum Information |
Program Coursework Requirement | CH* | Pre-reqs* | College Core and Foundation Courses | 16 | | Required Concentration Courses | 18
| | HSC 5036 | Professional Foundations of Health Education | 1 | | PHC 6500 | Theoretical and Behavioral Basis for Health Ed. | 4 | PHC 6410 | PHC 6505 | Program Planning in Community Health | 3 | PHC 6500 | PHC 6507 | Health Education Intervention Methods | 3 | PHC 6500, 6505 | PHC 6708 | Evaluation & Research Methods in Community Health | 3 | | PHC 6412 | Health Disparities and Social Determinants | 3 | PHC 6000, 6050 | PHC 6724 | Synthesizing Public Health Research | 1 | | Health Education Support Courses | 3 | | MPH Requirements
| 9 | | PHC 6945 | Supervised Field Experience | 6-12 | See Note #1 | PHC 6977 | Special Project | 3 | | Total Minimum Credit Hours | 46 | |
*CH=Credit Hours; Pre-reqs= prerequisite courses unless noted as CR (co-requisite) or CC (Concurrent requisite) - During 2nd semester meet with advisor and begin planning field experience. See http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/academicaffairs/fe/. May be met through the Peace Corps Master’s International option.
- Any grade below a C (C- to F) is required to be retaken. The grade will be included in the student's GPA.
- The College Reserves All Rights to Repeal And/or Modify.
- Please print the check sheet and take it with you to your advising appointments each semester.
- Supervised Field Experience: Students with little or no professional experience: 6 hours minimum. Students with relevant professional experience: minimum 6 hours; in this case we try to find field experience in which the student lacks experience
Health Education Support Courses - examples (3 credits): - PHC 6506 Community Health Education
- PHC 6533 Health Program Development and Change Process
- PHC 6411 Introduction to Social Marketing for Public Health
- HSC 6641 Prevention and Control of Unintentional Injuries
- PHC 6414 Adolescent Health
- PHC 6705 Formative Research Methods in Social Marketing
- PHC 6934 Health Message Design in Public Health
- PHC 6706 Focus Group Research Strategies
- PHC 6193 Qualitative Methods in Community Health Research
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