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.听
They听work in: Hospitals | Clinics | Schools | Universities | Government offices | Businesses听& Health Insurance Companies|听Non-profits.听听
Job titles: Health Education Specialist, Hospital Health/Outreach Coordinator, Health Communications Specialist, Specific Disease (Diabetes, Cancer鈥�) Educator, Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, Youth Program Specialist, Health/Safety Inspector, Prevention Specialist, Global Health Educator鈥�
The Community, Worksite, and Public Health Concentration of the Health Science major is accredited by the (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).
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:
To apply, interested students can submit the
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