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Health
Education/Health Promotion
Masters
of Science
Degree
Requirements | Application for Comprehensive
Examination
 Do you
enjoy helping others improve their lives? Want to be a part
of one of America’s fastest growing
professions?
What
do health educators do?
- Promote
healthy people in healthy communities
- Promote
physical and mental health
- Prevent
disease, injury, and disability
Where
do health educators work?
- Large
corporations
- Health
agencies (local, state, federal)
- Work
sites
- Schools
and universities
- Health
care settings; hospitals
- Public
policy advocacy and lobbying
- Epidemiology;
outbreak investigation
What
would I be doing as a health educator?
- Planning,
conducting, and evaluating health promotion
programs
- Smoking
cessation
- Physical
activity and nutrition programs
- Mental
wellness
- Disease
awareness
- Disease
screening services
- Injury
prevention
- Drug
and alcohol prevention
- Sexually
Transmitted Disease education, prevention, and screening
- Advocating
or lobbying
- For
public policy changes
- To
provide a health-supportive environment
- To
pass health-conscious laws
- Could
be local, state, or national governmental levels
- Teaching
in a school, community, or university setting
- Epidemiology
- Investing
disease outbreaks
- Current
disease investigation
- Many
other exciting opportunities exist in health
promotion and health education!
What
type of salary could I earn doing this?
- National
average: ranges from $40,000 to $50,000
- Salary
can vary according to area of practice, region, and employer.
How
do I become a health educator?
- MSU
offers a Master’s
of Science program in health education/health promotion
- Requires
a minimum of 33 credit hours
Upon
completion of the program, will I be required to obtain
further certifications to practice?
- Certified
Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification is available
through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
- CHES
certification is not mandatory but highly recommended
I’m
interested! Who should I contact for further information?
- MSU
Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion
- Dr.
Barry Hunt (662) 325-7230
- Dr.
Michael Hall (662)325-0401
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