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Online degrees in health promotion and health education, also known as wellness studies, train graduates to promote good health habits within their communities. Health promoters and educators learn the importance of diet, exercise, vitamins, and positive behavior in maintaining personal health. They go on to create public education programs on a range of health topics, including obstetrics, tobacco, HIV/AIDS, heart disease, teenage pregnancy, and immunizations. (cont)

In the private sector, corporations and companies may hire health educators to full-time positions (or engage self-employed professionals as consultants), to create education and wellness programs for their employees. At schools, health educators help identify and provide outreach to members of high-risk student populations.

Online degrees in health promotion and health education are available at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level. Associate's degrees include a basic science curriculum and coursework in human health, fitness, sex and drug education, nutrition, and more. Bachelor's degrees offer a more rigorous curriculum, with courses in leadership, computer technology, health and social theory, and developing health education programs.

At the master's level, students can specialize in health promotion management or health education. Health promotion management qualifies students for leadership positions in health care clinics, hospitals, schools, and nonprofits. Specialized coursework can include health communication, exercise physiology, or business administration. Graduate degrees in health education focus on teaching and research skills. You can also prepare for advancement into executive director, senior health educator, or supervisor roles through completion of a master's or doctoral degree in health education.

Online Career Training Is Progressive

Many entry-level positions in health promotion and education require that job candidates hold at least a bachelor's degree and possess volunteer or apprenticeship experience. Coursework in education, psychology, school health, human development, and a foreign language are often major components in career preparation. Skills in communication, public speaking, and sensitivity to cultural diversity are also strong professional attributes.

While certifications are not necessarily required, they can strengthen your credentials. Working health education specialists often seek professional certifications through the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing. Candidates should have completed their college training or be within three months of graduating.

To maintain certification, health educations must continue their education, completing seventy hours of coursework over a five-year period.

Career Opportunities Grow Strong in Health Promotion and Education

Education programs cannot guarantee job or salary prospects, but the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts faster than average growth across the health education professions, accounting for a 26 percent increase between 2006 and 2016. Ever-rising medical costs have sparked a growth in educator positions as insurance companies and health care providers hope to increase preventative care to the patient population.

More than 62,000 health educators are employed today, with more than 50 percent of them employed by health care or social assistance agencies. Another 20 percent take positions with federal, state, and local government. Other openings are in social advocacy organizations or with grant-making services.

Median 2007 salaries for health promotion and education professionals were in the $42,920 range.

University of Phoenix

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Master of Health in Administration / Health Care Education
MS in Nursing / Health Care Education

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Clayton College of Natural Health

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Doctor of Education in Holistic Health and Wellness

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A.T. Still University of Health Sciences - Online

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Doctor of Health Education
Master of Health Education

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TUI University

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BS - Health Sciences / Health Educator
The Touro University International College of Health Sciences offers an upper division program leading to a B.S. in Health Sciences with a Health Educator Concentration. The courses in health education provides a theoretical and philosophical foundation in principles of health promotion and community health education based on a synthesis of knowledge drawn from the physical, biological, social, and behavioral sciences.
MS - Health Sciences / Health Education
This degree that prepares the student to be a practitioner and leader in the field of education of health professions. This online program is designed to meet the needs of the busy professional. It is a 56 credit hour-14 course program with four concentration areas:
- Education and Leadership
- Education Research
- Education Teaching
- Medical Education
The MHEd program is designed with an emphasis on teaching health professions educators to use a systematic process based on learning theory to plan, design, implement and evaluate effective program and course offerings. This program is designed to provide students with in-depth pedagogical training enhancing their skills thus enabling them to be become better teachers, mentors and clinicians and leaders.

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Benedictine University

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Online M.P.H. - Health Education

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Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Gulf Coast University offers a Master of Science with a Health Professions Education concentration through web based distance learning. The program is designed to assist individuals to gain knowledge and skills necessary to teach and train students, clients, patients, and health care consumers in the health care setting. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Nebraska Methodist College
Nebraska Methodist College offers the following online health promotion programs:

Health Promotion Specialist Certificate
Master of Science in Health Promotion - emphasis in Human Resource Management

Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University offers the following degrees in health promotion entirely online:

Master of Science in Management with a Health Promotion emphasis
Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion

Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

The University of Alabama
The University of Alabama offers a Master of Arts in Health Studies with a Health Promotion option through distance education. The program is designed for professionals interested in enhancing their skills to design, implement and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs in community, medical, work site and school settings. The knowledge and skills learned in the program will qualify students to sit for the examination to become a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

University of Dundee
the University of Dundee and the Royal College of General Practitioners offer a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education for General Practice by distance education. The course has been designed specifically for those involved in primary healthcare teaching or training to help them improve their knowledge and skills as teachers and to have a better understanding of education and curriculum development.

University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago offers an online Master of Health Professions Education. Upon completion of the MHPE degree, the student will have knowledge and skills in educational planning and evaluation, instructional design and assessment, and in leadership and management of educational programs involving health care systems. Online students are required to participate in the annual MHPE Conference each July. Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

University of Southern Indiana
University of Southern Indiana offers an interactive online Health Promotion and Worksite Wellness certificate program. The program provides valuable information for human resource professionals, personnel directors, union personnel, employee health nurses, upper-level management, safety department personnel, providers of health care services insurance industry professionals, and others interested in health promotion and work site wellness. Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Tech offers an online Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Health Promotion. The program is designed to provide students with information that will give them an understanding of the antecendents and correlates to many of today's health problems. Students will acquire skills and competencies that will enable them to develop, implement, and evaluate programs or interventions that are designed to promote, protect, or improve the health and well-being of various clientele. In addition, completion of this program enables most graduates to take the Certified Health Specialist (C.H.E.S.) examination. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Online Career Training Is Progressive

Career Opportunities Grow Strong in Health Promotion and Education