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Community Health Education Careers Guide

Explore opportunities and resources in community health education. Learn about roles, job outlook, training, and certifications for health educators. Find exam details and testing locations. Boost your career in promoting health and wellness.

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Community Health Education Careers Guide

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  1. Employment Opportunities in Community Health Education MPH Director: Dr. Lynn Carson, email: lcarson@wcupa.eduMPH Community Health Track Coordinator: Dr. Debra Bill, email: dbill@wcupa.edu

  2. Video about Health Education Specialists Health Education Specialists: Promoting a Healthy World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBECLCWNOk Produced by SOPHE, Dec 22, 2010, 2:30min.

  3. Fact Sheet – Careers in Community Health Education The SOPHE factsheet link below describes: http://www.sophe.org/sophe/pdf/what_is_a_health_educator.pdf • What is a health educator? • What do health educators do? • Where do health educators work? • Job outlook

  4. Fact Sheets – Careers in Community Health Education The AAHE link below describes: http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/proDevelopment/employmentOpportunities.cfm • Field of health education • Who provides health education? • Why health education is important? • Where are health educators employed? • What do trained health educators do?

  5. Fact Sheets – Careers in Community Health Education The Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11, US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics link describes: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos063.htm • Nature of the work of health educators • Training, certification, and advancement • Employment/ job outlook/ earnings

  6. Sources of Information about Health Educators • SOPHE – Society of Public Health Educators http://www.sophe.org/ • AAHE – American Academy of Health Educators http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/

  7. Sources of Information about Health Educators (Contd.) National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. http://www.nchec.org/ • Information on the CHES, MCHES exam/ certification • Book recommended for CHES preparation http://www.nchec.org/exam/docs/nch-mr-tab4-91.htmhttp://www.nchec.org/exam/study/mches_study/ • CHES Exam locations http://www.nchec.org/exam/locations/ches/ • West Chester University is a Testing site for the CHES exam. • School code is PA19383 •  Dates/ Scheduling CHES Exam: http://www.nchec.org/exam/fees/ches/ • April 28, 2012 • October 20, 2012

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