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This degree is offered 100% online.<\/span> Become a leader in public health and work toward building healthy communities with the Master of Science in Education with a Concentration in Public Health Education online program at ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø. Explore education and communication principles and methods to promote preventive health measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You will also gain expertise in providing and managing health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles.<\/p>\n

Job opportunities as a health educator are available in six major career sectors: community health, school health, business and nonprofit health, academia and university, government, and healthcare. This multidisciplinary program includes 100 percent online courses in education, health, and business to help you develop the competencies necessary to address public health issues in your community.<\/p>\n

Coursework includes instruction in human development, health issues across the lifespan, population-specific health issues, administration of health education campaigns and programs, and applications to specific public health subjects and issues. You will be prepared to collect and analyze data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments.<\/p>\n

This program helps prepare you for the exam to become a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES\u00ae), a nationally recognized certification through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC).<\/p>\n

Graduates of this public health education degree program will be able to:
\ndesign personalized health promotion programs around behavioral, psychological, biological, genetic, and environmental factors that affect population health, and
\nexplain and communicate the social, political, and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health, access to healthcare systems, and health inequities.
\nEducational settings and careers for graduates of this degree:
\nHealth & Wellness Communication Director
\nPublic Health Inspector
\nHealth Media Director
\nCommunity Health Educator
\nPublic Health Adminstrator<\/p>\n

Community Health, Health Promotion, Health Policy, Health Behavior Change, Health Equity, Public Health Research Methods, Nutrition and Public Health, Mental Health Promotion, Health Care Systems, Public Health Ethics, Health Literacy, Cultural Competence in Health, Public Health Leadership<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":92343,"template":"","degree-type":[400],"degree-interest-type":[398],"class_list":["post-92341","degree","type-degree","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","degree-type-graduate","degree-interest-type-education"],"yoast_head":"\nMSEd, Public Health Education - ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Academic Programs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MSEd, Public Health Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You will also gain expertise in providing and managing health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. 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