The community health methods and evaluation certificate explores the skills needed to identify innovative solutions to needs in a community, evaluate programs and interventions, and define behavior change theories/models and strategies.

This certificate is offered by BYU-Idaho, with support and resources from BYU-Pathway Worldwide.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

Outcomes

Create innovative solutions to social problems
Describe the function of the healthcare industry
Evaluate health information using best practices
Collect/communicate health data
Engage communities in health interventions
Develop interventions that address behavior change interventions

Certificate of Community Health Methods & Evaluation

Program Requirements

This certificate builds into the Applied Health degree.

This is an Advanced certificate. Prior to working on this certificate, you must complete Community Health Planning & Implementation.

Certificate

15 CREDITS

Associate

60 CREDITS

Bachelor's

120 CREDITS

Certificate of Community Health Methods & Evaluation

Course Code

Course Name

# of Credits

HS401

Community Health Methods

HS401 — 2 credits

Community Health Methods

This course is designed to give students practical hands-on experience of health promotion skills that a health promotion educator will use.

HS420

Health Behavior Theories and Models

HS420 — 2 credits

Health Behavior Theories and Models

This course provides a basic and theoretical understanding of the social, emotional/mental, physical, and lifestyle factors related to human behavior. Practical strategies are used to identify barriers to behavior and to enhance and improve health. This course will prepare students to take the CHES exam.

HS381

Program Evaluation

HS381 — 2 credits

Program Evaluation

Evaluation is one of the 10 essential public health functions, one of the seven core competencies of health education, and is critical to effective practice. This course will cover the skills and knowledge necessary to conduct program evaluation. Students will be able to design appropriate process, impact and outcome evaluation. They will also discuss the ethical issues involved in evaluation.

HS285

Hospital & Health Administration

HS285 — 3 credits

Hospital & Health Administration

Each of the twelve focuses for this course are listed in the course outline. They are designed to introduce students to the possibility of pursuing a career in healthcare administration. Materials for the course are drawn from a variety of publications and electronic sources.

BUS374

Social Innovation

BUS374 — 3 credits

Social Innovation

Intended to help students become better disciple leaders by Doing Good, Better. Learn how to become a change maker and embrace some element of the social spectrum — anything from working for a non-profit to starting a hybrid or social business. Covers the broad spectrum of how individuals and organizations are solving the world’s greatest problems in new and innovative ways. Understand the different ways to make a difference in the word when the opportunity presents itself to give back. Learn about the broad spectrum of social innovation including: non profits, social businesses, NGO’s, impact investing, philanthropy, and corporate social responsibility. Hybrid class; all course content will be completed outside of class.

HS391

Research Methods – Health

HS391 — 3 credits

Research Methods – Health

This course is an introduction to scientific writing, assessment instruments, data collection, research design, and statistical analysis. This will help prepare students to take the CHES exam. Students will be able to define plagiarism and recognize when it is present in their own writing and in the writing of others. They will also be able to propose, design and conduct a small research project, work collaboratively and effectively with other people to meet a common goal, and present their research findings through written and oral communication. Students will understand their relationship between scientific and spiritual inquiry, the strengths and limitations of each, and the role of each in the pursuit of truth.

For questions about this program, contact BYU-Pathway Support

Looking Ahead

Potential Employment

Health educator
Health coordinator
Peer educator
Evaluator

Why choose this certificate?

Training in community health methods and evaluation will give you the experience with community health programs and public health science needed for an understanding of the public health industry. This understanding will increase your effectiveness in research, evaluation, and improvement of community health and public health practices.

BYU-Pathway has found that certain combinations of certificates lead to better job opportunities. Most degrees have a recommended plan of certificates that will help students increase their income and improve their employment possibilities.