Academics
Public Health Education
Contact: Dr. Sharon Morrison
Address:
The Department of Public Health Education437 HHP Building
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Phone: 336.334.5532
Website: http://www.uncg.edu/phe/
Catalog: Catalog Information
Programs:
- Community Health Education (BS) U407
- Community Health Education 2Plus (BS) U789
- Health Studies (BS) U448
- Health Studies 2Plus (BS) U449
- Health Studies Online (BS) U415
What's Unique about Community Health Education at UNCG?
Students who graduate with a B.S. degree in Public Health Education are lifesavers! With a focus on prevention, our program prepares students for careers or graduate studies that inspire them to positively influence the health behavior of individuals and communities as well as the living and working conditions that influence their health. Health education improves the health status of individuals, families, communities, states, and the nation, and enhances the quality of life for all people. Health education is a profession that draws from the biological, environmental, social-psychological, physical and medical sciences and as such, our program focuses on the development of individual, group, institutional, community and policy strategies to improve health.
What makes us different from the rest? Para-professionals and health professionals from other disciplines are not familiar with the specialized body of health education knowledge, skills, theories, and research, nor is it their primary interest or professional development focus.
Careers
- Approximately 80% of our recent graduates are employed in community health education related professional positions or graduate studies.
- Most graduates are employed in community health departments or health-related organizations.
- Most graduates begin their employment by focusing on the prevention of specific health problems such as AIDS, child abuse, cancer, heart disease, communicable disease, environmental contamination, violence, stress, and teenage pregnancies.
Graduate School Choices
- University of North Carolina Greensboro (MPH/DrPH) - Greensboro, North Carolina
- Johns Hopkins - School of Public Health - Baltimore, Maryland
- Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana
A Student Success Story
"I love my new job, every morning I wake up and I am excited to get up and start my day and see what adventures await me. I find what I am doing to be very rewarding. I am reaching adolescents and college students and helping them to understand how important it is to take care of their bodies."Mary Conner, B.S. in Public Health Education, 2006 B.S.
Career Experience through Internships
- Full-time supervised internship in the spring semester of senior year.
- Directed time in community settings during the junior year and fall semester of the senior year.
- Some internship sites are: American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, Black Child Development Institute, Family Life Council, Public Health Departments, clinics and hospitals, Planned Parenthood, Tanglewood Research, Youth Focus, university health centers.
Public Health Education Accreditation
The Department's Master of Public Health program is accredited by the Council of Education for Public Health and the BS program will be reviewed for approval by a Joint Committee of the American Association for Health Education and the Society for Public Health Education.
Classes Are Up-To-Date Through Faculty Research
Department faculty members are engaged in research projects that add depth to their classroom teaching. Recent publications by faculty members have described their research on domestic violence, minority health, health organization management, poverty and access to health care, adolescent pregnancy prevention, school health, environmental justice, and AIDS prevention.
Academic Clubs, Organizations and Activities
- Eta Sigma Gamma, Alpha Nu Chapter, a national health science honorary society
- North Carolina Society of Public Health Educators (NCSOPHE)
- North Carolina Chapter of the American Association for Health Education (NCAAHE)
- North Carolina Public Health Association (NCPHA)