公共卫生硕士-公共卫生教育

健康教育者使用健康促进原则，协助个人和社区采用和维持健康的生活方式。该MPH计划使健康教育者准备好收集和分析数据，以在规划，实施，监测和评估健康促进计划之前确定社区的各种需求，交流健康和健康促进需求，并使用道德标准和理论来规划，实施和评估健康促进计划框架和模型。该课程帮助学生获得各种努力领域的相关理论和实践知识，例如社会和行为科学，传播动力学，教育理论和设计以及社区组织。完成公共卫生教育学位的学生有资格参加国家认证的健康教育专家（CHES）考试。
Health educators, using health promotion principles, assist individuals and communities in the adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles. This M.P.H. program prepares health educators to collect and analyze data to identify diverse community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating health promotion programs, communicate health and health promotion needs, and plan, implement and evaluate health promotion programs using ethical standards and theoretical frameworks and models. The curriculum helps students acquire relevant theoretical and practical knowledge in diverse fields of endeavor, such as the social and behavioral sciences, communication dynamics, educational theory and design, and community organization. Students who complete a degree in public health education are eligible to sit for the national Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination.