Community Health Education Minor

Offered by the Department of Health Sciences

The Community Health Education (CHE) minor provides the student with a basic background in the rapidly growing field of community health education.  The minor is especially well suited to students in other health care programs such as Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing, and Sport’s Nutrition who may be interested in working in community settings or public health.  Students completing the CHE minor may be eligible to sit for the Community Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam depending upon their program major.

Program Learning Outcomes:

• Assess the need for health education for individuals, communities, and health professionals.
• Identify factors that promote or hamper learning by individuals, communities, and health professionals.
• Plan health promotion programs for health professionals and the public (individuals and communities) using evidence-based strategies.
• Implement health promotion programs for health professionals and the public (individuals and communities) using evidence-based strategies.
• Evaluate health promotion programs for health professionals and the public (individuals and communities) using evidence-based strategies.

18 s.h.