Continuing Education Opportunities
Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Continuing Education Opportunities
SC Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Exam Study Session
Facilitated by SCPHA members Lillie Hall, MHS, MPH, CHES, and Megan Weis, DrPH, MPH, CHES
Sessions are held each April and October. Questions may be referred to Lillie Hall, halllm@dhec.sc.gov
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Online Courses
- The ABC's of Bullying-Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
- Out of the Shadows: Uncovering Substance Use and Elder Abuse (Free 4 Hours 1 CHES credit)
- At Any Age, It Does Matter: Substance Abuse and Older Adults (Free 8 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
- Silence Hurts: Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
- Wading Through the Data Swamp: Program Evaluation 201 (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
- Environmental Strategies for Prevention (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
Additional CHES Opportunities
- State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health online courses
- The University of North Carolina's School of Public Health Quarterly Public Health Grand Rounds Web Broadcasts
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Distance Learning Center Self-Study Program
- Women's Heart Health: Developing A National Health Education Action Plan (Web cast archive) (Free 8 Hours Category 1 CHES)
- Addressing Cardiovascular Health in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)
- NHLBI Stroke Belt Initiative (Free 2 Hours Category 1 CHES)
- Working with Religious Congregations (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)
- Asthma Management in Minority Children (Free 2 Hours Category 1 CHES)
- Latino Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Outreach Initiative (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)
- South Carolina Public Health Training Center, Continuing Education Program in Public Health Practice (Six Free certificate courses,, 2 CEUs each)