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title | Public Health Education Competencies |
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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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Program Coursework
Requirement | CH* | Pre-reqs* |
College Core and Foundation Courses | 16 | |
Required Concentration Courses | 18
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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.
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Health Education Support Courses - examples (3 credits):
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