MPH Public Health Education

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

In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Public Health Education graduates will be able to:

1. Assess individual and community needs for health education;
   
   1. Obtain health related data about social and cultural environments, growth and development factors, needs and interests.
   2. Distinguish between behaviors that foster and those that hinder well-being.
   3. Infer needs for health education on the basis of obtained data.
2. Plan effective health education programs;
   
   1. Recruit community organizations, resource people, and potential participants for support and assistance in program planning.
   2. Develop a logical scope and sequence plan for a health education program.
   3. Formulate appropriate and measurable objectives.
   4. Design educational programs consistent with specified program objectives.
3. Implement health education programs;
   
   1. Exhibit competence in carrying out planned educational programs. 
   2. Infer enabling objectives as needed to implement instructional programs in specified settings.
   3. Select methods and media best suited to implement program plans for specific learners.
4. Evaluate effectiveness of health education programs;
   
   1. Develop plans to assess achievement of program objectives.
   2. Interpret results of program evaluation.
   3. Infer implications from findings for future program planning.
5. Act as a resource person;
   
   1. Utilize computerized health information retrieval systems effectively.
   2. Select effective educational resource materials for dissemination.
6. Communicate health and health educational needs, concerns, and resources;
   
   1. Interpret concepts, purposes, and theories of health education.
   2. Predict the impact of societal value systems of health education programs.
   3. Select a variety of communication methods and techniques in providing health information
7. Apply appropriate research principles and methods in health education; and
   
   1. Conduct a thorough review of literature.
   2. Use appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods.
   3. Apply research to health education practice.
8. Advance the profession of public health education and health promotion.
   
   1. Provide a critical analysis of current and future needs.
   2. 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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