Professional Preparation Programs

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION SPECIALISTS

This is a listing of colleges/universities which offer degree programs (bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level) to prepare health education specialists. All programs are listed alphabetically.

| A-F | G-L | M-T | U-Z |

To be included in this listing, send e-mail to Mark Tomita (mtomita@brooklyn.cuny.edu).

A degree with a health education emphasis, is defined by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., as:

"A concentration of coursework preparing individuals for health education practice as delineated in the Responsibilities and Competencies for Health Education Specialists. The transcript most often will indicate either a major in community health education, health education, public health education, or school health education. The courses are generally offered by a faculty of health education in a separate unit (department/program/track) within a college or university which has institutional accreditation by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education and/or Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA). Coursework must cover all seven areas of responsibility and the competencies delineated in A Framework for Competency-Based Health Education. A minimum of 25 semester-hour credits (or 37 quarter-hour credits) is required for the health education emphasis. Examples of type of courses NOT acceptable to constitute the health education emphasis are: required liberal arts, basic sciences, general professional education, physical education, clinical nursing, dental hygiene, social work, nutrition and dietetics, and introductory social sciences, etc."

For European programs, see The Association of School of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).

Questions, comments, and suggestions regarding this homepage should be directed to: Alyson Taub, EdD, CHES (alyson.taub@nyu.edu).