MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5898 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2019 Fall Last Admit Term: 2022 Summer Award: CCL Total Credits: 24 CIP Code: 51.2207	Primary College: Initiating College: Paradise Valley Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College Specific Field of Interest: Health Sciences Instructional Council: Allied Health (51) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: Upon completion of this program, students may pursue a career as: 21-1091.00 Health Educators

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Integrated Public Health: Health Education program is designed to prepare individuals for the public health workforce with a special focus on entry-level employment as a health educator. It is designed to prepare students for employment in a variety of health industries, including public health, clinics, hospitals, insurance companies, and a variety of non-profit agencies. Students will be exposed to the principles and skills necessary to assess needs, identify factors that influence health behaviors, assess current health disparities and emerging issues influencing health, and empower individuals and communities to sustain positive changes to obtain optimal health. Upon completion, individuals will be prepared to serve the community as health education professionals who work in health behavior change venues.

Required Courses

COM270 Health Communication 3
FON241 Principles of Human Nutrition 3

HES210 Cultural Aspects of Health and Illness (3) OR
HCR230 Culture and Health (3) 3

IPH101 Introduction to Public Health 3
IPH110 Principles of Health and Behavior Change 3
IPH112 Community-Based Health Education in Health and Illness 3
+ IPH280 Health Education Practicum 3
SPA117 Health Care Spanish I 3

Credits: 24

Restricted Electives
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General Electives
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Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the dynamics of individual, community, and organizational health infrastructures. (HCR230, HES210, IPH101) 2. Discuss local, regional, national, and global population health and health disparities. (HCR230, HES210, IPH101) 3. Identify and explain key issues facing community public health professionals. (FON241, IPH101) 4. Communicate effectively with the health care team, diverse client populations, and their families. (COM270, SPA117) 5. Assess the social, cultural, and behavioral factors in health. (HCR230, HES210) 6. Incorporate evidence-based health care practices into the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of health education interventions and public health programs. (COM270, FON241, HCR230, HES210, IPH110, IPH112) 7. Exhibit behaviors and conduct that reflect safe, legal, and ethical practice. (COM270, HCR230, HES210, IPH101) 8. Provide information and refer clients based on the identified barriers and needs to appropriate resources and services available to the client. (COM270) 9. Describe the role of prevention and community collaborations in promoting healthy communities. (HCR230, HES210, IPH101) 10. Implement strategies to improve health outcomes for an individual and/or community. (IPH101, IPH110, IPH112, IPH280, SPA117) 11. Explain the role of a health educator and goals of health education. (IPH110, IPH112, IPH280) 12. Describe the interrelationship between community assessment and identification of community health education issues. (FON241, IPH110, IPH112) 13. Demonstrate a community collaborative planning process for health education programs focused on prevention and promotion of healthy communities. (FON241, IPH110, IPH112, IPH280)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: March 26, 2019

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.