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The Master of Public Health (M.P.H), accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, is a professional degree program designed to meet the needs of a wide range of health professionals. Housed in the College of Health and Human Services at Western Kentucky University, we are the oldest MPH degree program in the state of Kentucky. The program is focused on preparing individuals for careers as practitioners of public health as well as providing students with the opportunity to integrate public health practice into their current career or academic paths. MPH Health Education concentration prepares public health education professionals to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate health education and promotion programs and carry out the related professional functions. Graduates will be able to: Assess individual and community needs for health education Plan effective health education programs Implement health education programs Evaluate the effectiveness of health education programs Coordinate provisions of health education programs Act as resource persons in health education Communicate health and health education needs, concerns and resources Solve problems in ways sensitive to cultural differences Graduates of this degree program will work as community health educators and work-site health promotion practitioners for both public and private entities with local, regional, state, national and international scopes of responsibility. Graduates are academically prepared to effectively plan, implement and evaluate health education and promotion programs, and carry out the required professional functions.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Public Policy
Study Level
Masters
The Master of Public Health (M.P.H), accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, is a professional degree program designed to meet the needs of a wide range of health professionals. Housed in the College of Health and Human Services at Western Kentucky University, we are the oldest MPH degree program in the state of Kentucky. The program is focused on preparing individuals for careers as practitioners of public health as well as providing students with the opportunity to integrate public health practice into their current career or academic paths. MPH Health Education concentration prepares public health education professionals to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate health education and promotion programs and carry out the related professional functions. Graduates will be able to: Assess individual and community needs for health education Plan effective health education programs Implement health education programs Evaluate the effectiveness of health education programs Coordinate provisions of health education programs Act as resource persons in health education Communicate health and health education needs, concerns and resources Solve problems in ways sensitive to cultural differences Graduates of this degree program will work as community health educators and work-site health promotion practitioners for both public and private entities with local, regional, state, national and international scopes of responsibility. Graduates are academically prepared to effectively plan, implement and evaluate health education and promotion programs, and carry out the required professional functions.
Admission Requirements
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