Tulane University, Health Education and Communication

The solution to many of today's public health problems requires some type of behavioral change. Increasingly, health practitioners are looking to the field of health education and health communication for methods to adapt behavioral science principles to the solution of selected health problems.

The concentration is designed to prepare graduates to work in the challenging fields of health promotion and disease prevention, with a focus on health communication, community organization and development, health education, health advocacy and evaluation of related public health campaigns. In addition, students receive training in relation to evaluation and research methodologies.

The MPH program provides those interested in working among disadvantaged populations within the United States and in developing countries the opportunity to build such learning experiences directly into the MPH degree program.

To this end, students receive training that will enable them to demonstrate skills in:

• analyzing a health problem from a behavioral point of view;
• planning health education/communication programs for specific populations and in a variety of settings;
• collaborating with others in planning, implementing and evaluating programs;
• selecting and using appropriate and ethical health education and communication methods;
• coordinating health education services and providing consultation, training, and technical assistance in health education or communication;
• identifying, obtaining, and managing resources to implement and evaluate health education and communication programs;
• carrying out research and evaluation of health education and communication programs.