Over twenty (20) high quality and reasonably priced continuing education self-study courses are available for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®). Health Education Partners is an approved provider by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC, #100538). Courses cover social determinants of health, gun violence prevention, Healthy People 2030 national goals, Leading Health Indicators, social marketing and health marketing, health reform, ACA, physical activity and health reform legislation.

Features: Study Guide and study materials available online, low cost, easy, convenient, no deadlines, start and study when you want to study, objectives match CHES/MCHES competencies. NOTE: Before signing up and paying you can download and review the Study Guide (syllabus) with course objectives and links to reading/study assignments to determine if the course will meet your needs and interests.

Healthy People 2030 in Your Work
– (12.00 CECHs, including 6.00 for MCHES® Advanced Hours; 12.00 Continuing Competency Credits; $35.00) This course covers the resources for the nation’s health goals for identifying needs and priority populations, setting your own targets, finding inspiration and practical tools, and monitoring national progress and helping you relate them to your work.

Social Marketing for Behavior Change: A CDC Public Health Approach (17 Category 1 and Continuing Competency CECHs, includes 10 advanced hours, $37). Become a subject matter expert on social marketing, define social marketing and compare it to commerrcial marketing and social media marketing, be knowledgeable on managing and administering health promotion programs. and supervising and training staff and volunteers using the CDCynergy Social Marketing six phase approach.

Social Marketing Overview (2.0 CECH/hours, 1 advanced hour, $12) Great summary describing social marketing for health educators and their managers.

Developing Healthy People 2030 (8.0 CECH hours, includes 6.0 MCHES/advanced hours, $32.50). Learn how the 2030 national health goals are developed. This course covers meetings’ goals, Secretary’s Advisory Committee work and discussions, review of Healthy People 2020 outcomes, planning for measurable objectives, engaging stakeholders, evidence-based interventions, and resources.

Advocate for Health: Build on the Progress of the Affordable Care Act (10.0 CECH hours, includes 8.0 MCHES/advance hours, $32.50). Learn about the history of health care legislation, recent GOP repeal and replace proposals, supporters and opposers to ACA and GOP plans, recommendations and advocacy techniques. Practice applying critical and strategic thinking to project the impact of laws and policies, and influence decision-makers.

Gun Violence Prevention: CDC Public Health, Evidence-Based and Constitutional Approaches (17.0 CECHs, includes 8.0 MCHES/advanced and 17 Continuing Competency Credits, $37). Course sections cover each component of the public health approach thru assuring widespread adoption of selected strategies; recommendations from national gun public organization, government actions; and SCOTUS, state and local judicial decisions; and pro-gun safety/public health and pro-gun groups.

The Surgeon General Prevention Strategy, Priorities and Reports (8 CECH/hours, 2 advanced, $30) The health care reform laws estalished an unprecedented opportunity to shift the nation from a focus on sickness and disease to one based on wellness and prevention with public and private partnerships and evidence-based actions. The priorities and reports of achievements of the Surgeon General’s office are presented.

Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Assess Effects of Policies, Projects and Programs (6.5 CECH hours, includes 3 advance MCHES hours, $25. HIAs are recommended by the DHHS, Healthy People Advisory Committee and listed on the Health People 2020 PLanning Resources web page)

Health Marketing: Commercial Marketing Strategies to Improve Health (5.0 CECHs, 2.5 advanced MCHES hours, $25)

MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) is a framework to plan and evaluate public health interventions to achieve your organization’s objectives. MAP-IT is not complex and might easily be understood by our clients. MAP-IT is the tool recommended in the national health goals of Healthy People 2020 (you may need to click on the line with “Continue to the Healthy People 2020 Archive site.” Five dollars ($5, 14%) of each course’s fee is donated to the Community Tool Box (CTB) from which most of the course materials come. See the Healthy People 2020 overview 0f MAP-IT approach (click here). NOTE: each course is stand alone, they don’t need to be taken in any particular order. 

• Using MAP-IT to Mobilize (9 CECH/hours, includes 2 advanced, $30)
• Using MAP-IT to Assess (8 CECH/hours, includes 3 advanced hours, $30)
• Using MAP-IT to Plan (7.5 CECH/hours, includes 4 advanced hours, $30)
• Using MAP-IT to Implement (Part 1) – Obtaining Support and Implementing Initiatives (9 CECH/hours, 3.5 advanced hours, $30)
• Using MAP-IT to Implement (Part 2) – Manage Human and Fiscal Resources (10 CECH/hours, 6.5 advanced hours, $30)
• Using MAP-IT to Track (Evaluate) (8.5 CECH/hours, 3 advanced hours, coming soon, $30)

Implement Healthy People 2020 (10.5 CECH/hours, 7 advanced, $30, comprehensively covers the recently launched Healthy People 2020 materials to understand, implement and marketing Healthy People 2020

Healthy People 2020: Get Ready to Use Healthy People 2020 (covers development of HP2020) (5.0 CECH/hours, 2 advanced hours, $25)

Health Reform II: the Final Bills Signed into Law (7.0 CECH/hours, 3 advanced hours, $25)

The New Government Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (6.0 CECH/hours, 3 advanced hours, $25)

Become a Very Good Health Education Resource Person on Health Reform (covers history of health reform and bills leading up to the final passed bills) (5.0 CECH/hours, 2.5 advanced, $19.99)

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NCHEC Participant Course Evaluation Summary (PDF, from social marketing self-study course)

Overall Quality of Course: 4.4 to 4.8 (1 = Very Poor, 5 = Excellent)

Continuing Education Self-study Courses with +/- 0.5 hours of reading assignments for total course units (CECHs and Continuing Competency Credits of 12 to 17. Hours are determined using average reading speeds of 250 words per minute. Take TF, multiple choice and short answer post-tests and pass with score of ≥70%.