Health Promotion in Higher Education
Encyclopedia
In higher education
, health promotion programs work to support students by creating healthy learning environments. Based on a public health
/population health
model, health promotion
services often coordinate primary prevention and secondary prevention on campus. Health promotion in higher education is a functional area of Student Affairs
. Sub-specialities include education on alcohol
, tobacco
, and other drugs
, sexual health, and nutrition
.
The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
creates and delivers a dynamic and credible Book of Professional Standards and Guidelines and Self-Assessment Guides that are designed to lead to a host of quality-controlled programs and services and promotes standards in student affairs, student services, and student development programs for the ultimate purpose of fostering and enhancing student learning, development, and achievement and in general to promote good citizenship. A new section of CAS for Health Promotion in Higher Education was released in summer of 2006.
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
(NCHEC) works to improve the practice of health education and to serve the public and profession of health education by certifying health education specialists (also known as the CHES credential), which promotes professional and career development of health care education, preparation, and practice, all ideals thought to promote the delivery of health care. NCHEC
develops and administers the CHES exam in the United States, a competency-based test for health education specialists. The CHES
credential is renewable every five years, requiring a baseline of continuing education credits for recertification. This is akin to the requirements and practices of many other health professions, including physicians (ACCME
), pharmacists (ACPE), and nurses (ANCC).
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
, health promotion programs work to support students by creating healthy learning environments. Based on a public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
/population health
Population health
Population health has been defined as “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group.” It is an approach to health that aims to improve the health of an entire population. One major step in achieving this aim is to reduce health...
model, health promotion
Health promotion
Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health"...
services often coordinate primary prevention and secondary prevention on campus. Health promotion in higher education is a functional area of Student Affairs
Student Affairs
Student affairs staff provide services and support for students at institutions of higher education to enhance student growth and development in the United States and abroad....
. Sub-specialities include education on alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
, tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
, and other drugs
DRUGS
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, sexual health, and nutrition
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
.
In the United States
The Standards of Practice for Health Promotion in Higher Education provides measurable guidelines for enhancing the quality of prevention, health promotion, and wellness services at colleges and universities.The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education is a consortium of nearly 40 higher education professional associations representing over 100,000 professionals, many with international constituencies, that promotes the development of standards in student affairs, student services,...
creates and delivers a dynamic and credible Book of Professional Standards and Guidelines and Self-Assessment Guides that are designed to lead to a host of quality-controlled programs and services and promotes standards in student affairs, student services, and student development programs for the ultimate purpose of fostering and enhancing student learning, development, and achievement and in general to promote good citizenship. A new section of CAS for Health Promotion in Higher Education was released in summer of 2006.
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. is a professional health education credentialing body that works to define, verify, certify and promote the role of health educators as a national standard primarily operating in the United States of America...
(NCHEC) works to improve the practice of health education and to serve the public and profession of health education by certifying health education specialists (also known as the CHES credential), which promotes professional and career development of health care education, preparation, and practice, all ideals thought to promote the delivery of health care. NCHEC
National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. is a professional health education credentialing body that works to define, verify, certify and promote the role of health educators as a national standard primarily operating in the United States of America...
develops and administers the CHES exam in the United States, a competency-based test for health education specialists. The CHES
CHES
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credential is renewable every five years, requiring a baseline of continuing education credits for recertification. This is akin to the requirements and practices of many other health professions, including physicians (ACCME
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education sets and enforces standards in physician continuing education within the United States...
), pharmacists (ACPE), and nurses (ANCC).