Public Health Education: Community, Worksite and Public Health Concentration

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The Community, Worksite, and Public Health Concentration prepares you to provide and manage health education programs helping maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles on the individual and community level.

Health Educators collect and analyze data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs. They link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. They may serve as resources to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs. 

They work in: Hospitals | Clinics | Schools | Universities | Government offices | Businesses & Health Insurance Companies| Non-profits.  

CEPH Accredited Bachelor's Job titles: Health Education Specialist, Hospital Health/Outreach Coordinator, Health Communications Specialist, Specific Disease (Diabetes, Cancer…) Educator, Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, Youth Program Specialist, Health/Safety Inspector, Prevention Specialist, Global Health Educator…

The Community, Worksite, and Public Health Concentration of the Health Science major is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The concentration was awarded accreditation March 2021. For a copy of the self-study report or CEPH decision letter please contact Rolena Stephenson (rstephenson@truman.edu).

 

 

 

Requirements and Application Information

Eligible students must apply to be part of the Public Health Education: Community, Worksite and Public Health Concentration

To be eligible for acceptance for the CWPH concentration, a student must meet the following requirements:

  • 75 credit hours
  • overall GPA of 2.5 or higher
  • completion of (with a grade of C or better) HLTH 255, HLTH 270, HLTH 290, and STAT 190

To apply, interested students can submit the Application to the CWPH Concentration

 

Sample 4-Year Plan

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