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Direct linkTaub, Alyson; Goekler, Susan; Auld, M. Elaine; Birch, David A.; Muller, Susan; Wengert, Deitra; Allegrante, John P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
The health education profession is committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality assurance, including accreditation of professional preparation programs in both school and community/public health education. Since 2001, the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) has increased attention to strengthening accreditation processes for…
Descriptors: Health Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Quality Assurance, Teachers
Cottrell, Randall R.; Auld, M. Elaine; Birch, David A.; Taub, Alyson; King, Laura Rasar; Allegrante, John P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2012
This article provides an update on initiatives in individual certification and accreditation of academic programs in public/community health education and school health education in the United States. Although we provide some historical context, the focus primarily addresses credentialing efforts that have evolved since the Galway Consensus…
Descriptors: Health Education, Teachers, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education Programs
Cottrell, Randall R.; Lysoby, Linda; King, Laura Rasar; Airhihenbuwa, Collins O.; Roe, Kathleen M.; Allegrante, John P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
The health education profession in the United States employs parallel, and overlapping, systems of voluntary credentialing to ensure quality in professional preparation. The U.S. approach to quality assurance comprises credentialing at the individual level, including certification, and at the institutional level, including regional and…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Quality Control, Certification
Taub, Alyson; Allegrante, John P.; Barry, Margaret M.; Sakagami, Keiko – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
This article was prepared to inform the deliberations of the Galway Consensus Conference by providing a common and global reference point for the discussion of terminology and key conceptual and professional issues in the credentialing of health education and health promotion specialists. The article provides a review of the terminology that is…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Global Approach, Credentials
Allegrante, John P.; Barry, Margaret M.; Auld, M. Elaine; Lamarre, Marie-Claude; Taub, Alyson – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
The interest in competencies, standards, and quality assurance in the professional preparation of public health professionals whose work involves health promotion and health education dates back several decades. In Australia, Europe, and North America, where the interest in credentialing has gained momentum, there have been rapidly evolving…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Health Education, Health Promotion, Health Personnel
Allegrante, John P.; Airhihenbuwa, Collins O.; Auld, M. Elaine; Birch, David A.; Roe, Kathleen M.; Smith, Becky J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
During the past 40 years, health education has taken significant steps toward improving quality assurance in professional preparation through individual certification and program approval and accreditation. Although the profession has begun to embrace individual certification, program accreditation in health education has been neither uniformly…
Descriptors: Health Education, Colleges, Public Health, Quality Control
Download full textBernhardt, Jay M.; Videto, Donna M.; Widdall, Christine L.; Chen, W. William; Airhihenbuwa, Collins; Allegrante, John P. – American Journal of Health Education, 2003
The health education profession has made significant strides in promoting quality assurance for credentialing of health educators through a combination of individual certification and program approval and accreditation mechanisms. Although the profession has widely embraced individual certification, program accreditation has not been uniformly…
Descriptors: Health Education, Program Validation, Certification, Accreditation (Institutions)
