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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
W. William Chen, PhD, CHES, Health Sciene Education, University of Florida, PO Box 118210, Gainesville, FL 32611, 352-392-0583, wchen@hhp.ufl.edu, Jay M Bernhardt, PhD, MPH, Behvioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, MPH, PhD, Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University, 304 Health and Human Development, University Park, PA 16802, and John P. Allegrante, PhD, Professor of Health Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 114, New York, NY 10027.
This presentation will provide the results of the first of two surveys that have been conducted under the auspices of the Task Force. The purpose of this survey was to assess attitudes among health education/health promotion preparation program chairs and coordinators toward existing accrediting and credentialing organizations and processes and perceived benefits and barriers towards accreditation. An electronic survey was conducted in fall, 2001. One hundred and five surveys were completed. Overall, 76% of respondents indicated that they would participate in a new/expanded/combined accreditation process; 84% indicated that it is very important or somewhat important for the new/expanded/combined accreditation system to be connected to existing accreditation systems. The most commonly expected barriers to participating in a new/expanded/combined accreditation system were time (71%), cost (70%), and personnel resources (65%). The most common expected benefits to participating were improved reputation (69%) and improved program quality (52%). In addition, of the 35 respondents (33%) from CEPH accredited programs, 86% considered CEPH accreditation to be very important. Forty-seven percent of respondents received NCATE/AAHE accreditation, 58% of which considered NCATE/AAHE accreditation to be very important. Ten percent received approval from SABPAC and 60% of them considered SABPAC approval to be very important.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Health Education, Accreditation
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: SOPHE and AAHE
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.