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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:57:01 -0400
From: Becky Smith <BSmith@AAHPERD.ORG>
Subject: On-line health education courses
** Moving the Profession Forward--AAHE
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AAHE/FAHE Now Offering
Online Graduate Credit Courses
Need an online graduate course in Health Education? The American Association for
Health Education and the Foundation for the Advancement of Health Education, in
conjunction with universities across the U.S., are offering graduate level
courses entirely through distance education technologies. These courses have
been developed by graduate faculty from various universities and can be taken as
stand alone courses or transferred into a graduate program, if applicable. All
students who enroll in these online courses will be assigned an
instructor/mentor to help them work through the class lectures, materials, and
assignments. At the completion of the course, students will receive a letter
grade from the instructor/mentor, and a transcript from the host university.
This AAHE/FAHE program is titled the Health Education and Promotion Network (www.hepnetwork.org
<http://www.hepnetwork.org>). Presently, the HEP Network has the following four
graduate level courses available with two more be added in January 2006.
Foundations of Health Education - This course experience introduces the learner
to concepts fundamental to Health Education and to a larger extent, health
promotion. Contemporary health education philosophy, Healthy People: The Health
Objectives for the Nation, Certified Health Education Specialist, ethical issues
in health, etc. will be discussed. (Currently Available)
Health Behavior: Theory and Program Planning - A study of the determinants of
health behavior, factors influencing health behavior, health behavior theories
and application methodology are examined. Contemporary models to plan health
education programs will also be discussed. (Currently Available)
Health Education Curriculum and Instruction - This course provides teachers with
the competencies and knowledge needed to teach school health education.
Examinations of the school health program, national health education curricula,
national health education standards, and pedagogy and teaching resources in
health education form the foci of the course. (Currently Available)
Health in the Elementary Schools - This course provides elementary teachers with
skills and knowledge necessary to work in the area of school health education at
the elementary level. The focus of the course is on the relationship between
elementary education and health education and on current issues and content in
elementary school health education with coordinated school health programs.
(Available Jan. 2006)
Health Education in the Secondary Schools - This course prepares teachers with
skills and knowledge necessary to work in the area of school health education at
the middle school and secondary level. The course will focus on the coordinated
school health program, national health education curricula, the national health
education standards, pedagogy and assessment methodology across content areas,
as well as teaching resources. (Available Jan. 2006)
Drug Education Prevention - This course will provide an overview of the major
drugs of abuse and their effects on the body as well as the biological,
sociological, psychological, and legal issues associated with drug use and abuse
in our culture. An emphasis will be given to effective educational approaches
and prevention programs that address the problems of use and abuse. (Currently
Available)
Applied Epidemiology - this course provides an overview of principles and
methods of contemporary epidemiological practice. Epidemiological investigation
and research are discussed with an emphasis on application of epidemiological
method in health education, health promotion, and disease prevention practice
(Available Jan. 2006)
For more information, please contact Jim Eddy by phone at (979) 458-2217, or by
e-mail at jeddy@tamu.edu or hepnetwork@tamu.edu . You can also visit the HEP
Network website at http://www.hepnetwork.org to obtain more information on the
HEP Network and how to enroll in courses.
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