The North Carolina Chapter of the Society for Public Health Education has the opportunity under the Multiple Event Provider designation of SOPHE to offer Category I Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES).  Through the two yearly educational meetings of the membership, NC SOPHE is often able to offer CECH as well as Continuing Education Units (CEU) for the North Carolina Board of Registry.  The Continuing Education Committee follows the guidelines of the SOPHE, Inc. Continuing Education Committee Policy and Procedure Manual.

“Continuing education is defined by SOPHE as educational activities that serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills and relationships that a health educator uses to plan implement and evaluate health education interventions.”A commitment to maintain competence through continuing study, training, and research is a major part of” the standards set forth in SOPHE’s Code of Ethics.

The North Carolina Chapter of SOPHE will hold its Annual Meeting in September. for more information contact Lakeisha Robers, BS, CHES.

Additionally, CECH may be obtained through self study of the journals Health Promotion Practice  A Journal of Health Promotion/Health Education Application, Policy and Professional Issues and Health Education & Behavior, official publications of SOPHE.

For other educational opportunities visit www.sophe.org

CUP: Competencies Update Project

Read about the project and its recommendations to changes to the health education competencies, bachelor, master and PhD level competencies and other recommended changes to credentialing of health educators.

http://www.nchec.org/aboutnchec/cup/cup.htm