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Graduate Certificate in Health Education

The last decade has seen significant emphasis being placed on the ability of professionals in non-profit, governmental and agency settings to have the skills and training needed to effectively plan, implement and evaluate health related policies and programs. Skills such as grant writing, budgeting, assessing needs of the service population, and using an ecological lens to develop meaningful interventions are only a few of the needed competencies in today’s job market. This certificate is for students who have a desire to work in the community or enhance their skills in academia and want some preparation at the graduate level in health education, but not a full master’s degree. This certificate is also appropriate for those already working in community agencies who want advanced skills and knowledge of how to conduct successful health-related interventions using a community based participatory research approach.

The Graduate Certificate in Health Education is designed for students who have a desire to work in the community or enhance their skills in academia and want some preparation at the graduate level in community health, but not a full master's degree.  This certificate will formally recognize UAB students and community professionals who receive the necessary skills and training in community health education. All courses are offered online.

Requirements		Hours
CHHS 631	Applied Planning and Implementation of Health Education/Promotion Programs	3
CHHS 632	Advanced Administration of Health Education/Promotion Programs	3
CHHS 642	Applied Behavioral Theory and Health Education/Promotion	3
CHHS 697	Community-Based Approaches to Evaluation and Grantsmanship of Health Education/Promotion Programs	3
Choose One of the Following Options		3
CHHS 606	Advanced Issues of Disease Prevention in Health Education/Promotion
CHHS 610	The Advanced Health Education/Promotion Specialist
CHHS 621	Health Communications & Health Coaching
CHHS 689	Intervention Strategies for Health Education/Promotion
Total Hours		15

Graduate Certificate in Health Coaching

The online Graduate Certificate in Health Coaching prepares individuals to design, conduct, and evaluate clinical and non-clinical health behavior change via wellness-oriented coaching interventions. Students will be provided with the skills needed to conduct individual or small group coaching sessions. Students will also learn the fundamentals of chronic disease prevention and strategies to help improve the health status of coaching clients.

Over the last decade, significant emphasis has been placed on the ability of professional in non-profit, governmental, agency, and clinical setting to have the skills and training needed to effectively plan, implement and evaluate health interventions. This certificate helps individuals gain those skills to work as health coaches in those organizations or independently.

Students wishing to pursue the health coaching certificate only must apply through the UAB Graduate School. A student who has completed the health coaching certificate that would like to apply to the master’s degree program in community health must complete all application requirements as outlined in the UAB Graduate School guidelines. A maximum of four certificate courses may be applied toward the master’s degree once the student has been admitted to the program.

Requirements		Hours
Required Courses
KIN 607	Principles of Coaching	3
CHHS 642	Applied Behavioral Theory and Health Education/Promotion	3
CHHS 624	Advanced Health Coaching in Health Education/Promotion	3
CHHS 689	Intervention Strategies for Health Education/Promotion	3
Elective Courses
CHHS 601	Current Readings in Health Education	1-3
CHHS 602	Advanced Principles of Mental Health, Stress, & Well-being	3
CHHS 608	Advanced Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention and Education	3
CHHS 621	Advanced Health Communications in Health Education/Promotion	3
CHHS 623	Sexuality Education: Theory and Practice	3
ECG 616	Motivational Interviewing	3
EPR 610	Child Psychology	3
EPR 614	Lifespan Human Development	3
KIN 651	Issues and Problems in Coaching	3
KIN 656	Advanced Sport Psychology	3

Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion across the Lifespan

Approved December 11, 2020

The Health Promotion Across the Lifespan Graduate Certificate intends to prepare students to address community health concerns from childhood to latter decades of life. In the recent past, emphasis has been placed on the ability of professionals in non-profit, governmental and agency settings to have the skills and training needed to effectively communicate a variety health seeking behaviors to diverse population. Skills such as adapting to diverse community groups, providing effective programming in a variety of settings including such as the workplace, assessing needs of the service population, and using a client-centered lens to develop meaningful interventions are only a few of the needed competencies in today’s job market.

The Health Promotion Across the Lifespan Graduate Certificate is a program that consists of eighteen credit hours (6 CHHS courses). All courses can be completed within one academic year.

Requirements		Hours
CHHS 602	Advanced Principles of Mental Health, Stress, & Well-being	3
CHHS 608	Advanced Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention and Education	3
CHHS 598 Lifespan Dimesions in Women's Health		3
CHHS 621	Advanced Health Communications in Health Education/Promotion	3
CHHS 623	Sexuality Education: Theory and Practice	3
CHHS 632	Advanced Administration of Health Education/Promotion Programs	3
Total Hours		18

Students earning the MAEd in Community Health and completing two electives in lieu of the internship may not apply those same elective credits to this certificate. Program coordinator approval for course substitutions will be required and may include but are not limited to: CHHS 601 , CHHS 611 , CHHS 612, CHHS 640, EPR 610, EPR 614, KIN 607