The health program strategies certificate offers students employable skills in areas such as emergency management, health program planning/implementation, behavior change interventions, and health communication.

This certificate is offered by BYU-Idaho, with support and resources from BYU-Pathway Worldwide.

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Why choose this certificate?

The health program strategies certificate provides you with an understanding of how to effectively communicate health information to a wide variety of audiences. This includes managing health aspects of emergency situations, helping individuals and groups change their behavior, and planning and implementing health programs.

BYU-Pathway has found that certain combinations of certificates lead to better job opportunities. Most degrees have a recommended plan of certificates that will help students increase their income and improve their employment possibilities.

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Looking Ahead

Potential Employment

Students who complete the applied health degree and its certificates will be prepared to work in a variety of health-related careers. Here are just a few examples of possible careers:

Health Promotion Specialist
Health Communication Specialist
Emergency Management Specialist
Corporate Wellness Coordinator
Grant Writer

Essential Knowledge and Skills

Outcomes

Explain the elements of preparedness
Develop interventions that address behavior change
Plan health programs
Engage communities in health interventions
Communicate health information

Certificate of Health Program Strategies

Program Requirements

This certificate builds into the Applied Health degree.

This is an advanced certificate. If you are pursuing an Applied Health degree, you must first complete Community and Environmental Health.

Certificate

13 CREDITS

Associate

60 CREDITS

Bachelor's

90–96 CREDITS

Certificate of Health Program Strategies

Course Code

Course Name

# of Credits

PUBH390

Program Planning/Implementation

PUBH390 — 3 credits

Program Planning/Implementation

This course provides the framework for skill development in organizaion, planning, and implementing comprehensive health promotion programs. Key topics include: planning models, needs assessment, intervention theories/models, budgeting, marketing, and implementation practices. This course meets some requirements for taking the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam.

PUBH401

Community Health Methods

PUBH401 — 2 credits

Community Health Methods

This course is designed to give students practical hands-on experience of health promotion skills that a health promotion educator will use.

PUBH420

Health Behavior Theories and Models

PUBH420 — 2 credits

Health Behavior Theories and Models

This course provides a basic and theoretical understanding of the social, emotional/mental, physical, and lifestyle factors related to human behavior. Practical strategies are used to identify barriers to behavior and to enhance and improve health. This course will prepare students to take the CHES exam.

PUBH440

Emergency Management

PUBH440 — 3 credits

Emergency Management

An introduction to the basic tasks of emergency preparedness and disaster mitigation, including planning, response, and recovery issues related to public safety. Identifies emergency management relevance in private industry, federal, state, and local governments. Introduces the fundamentals of disaster psychology, crisis communication, disaster response and recovery, principles of humanitarian relief and homeland security. Provides broad awareness about opportunities in both the public and private sectors of emergency management.

PUBH472

Health Communications

PUBH472 — 3 credits

Health Communications

This course is designed to give students an exposure to different areas of communication and instructs them on how to most effectively distribute health information. Programs will be administered according to what an individual will most likely encounter while working in the field of Health Promotion or Worksite Wellness. There will be specific assignments that will be completed in the course of the semester. This course will cover other areas as time permits.

For questions about this program, contact BYU-Pathway Support