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Health Education Careers: An Interview with Deniece Chevannes, MCHES®, Health Promotion Specialist

In celebration of National Health Education Week, we are interviewing four accomplished CHES® and MCHES® in varying career sectors across the country.  Today, we are chatting with Deniece Chevannes, MPH, MCHES®, Director of Health Promotion & Evaluation at Hemophilia of Georgia. NCHEC: How did you become a Director of Health Promotion & Evaluation? Deniece: I like to say that health education found me. My bachelor’s degree is in Spanish and I started out ... Read More
Posted by Jessica Wessner at 24 October 2019

Health Education Careers: an Interview with Jeana Neu, CHES®, Grant Specialist

In celebration of National Health Education Week, we are interviewing four accomplished CHES® and MCHES® in varying career sectors across the country.  Today, we are chatting with CHES® Jeana Neu, Principal of NeuFunding, LLC.  NCHEC: How did you come to found your own practice? Jeana: While studying health promotion and education in graduate school at the University of Utah, I was fortunate to work with my graduate advisor on her federal grant... Read More
Posted by Jessica Wessner at 23 October 2019

Health Education Careers (Part II): An interview with Chase Messersmith, CHES®

In celebration of National Health Education Week, we are interviewing four accomplished CHES® and MCHES® in varying career sectors across the country.  Today, we are chatting with CHES® Chase Messersmith, Community Health Educator with Community Health Network, Indiana.    NCHEC: How did you become a Community Health Educator? Chase: I graduated from Purdue University with a BS in Public Health Promotion and a minor in organizational leadership and ... Read More
Posted by Jessica Wessner at 23 October 2019

Health Education Careers: An Interview with Janesia Robbs, MCHES®

In celebration of National Health Education Week, we are interviewing four accomplished CHES® and MCHES® in varying career sectors across the country.  Today, we are chatting with Janesia Robbs, MPH, MCHES®, a Health Communication Specialist on the Communication and Public Engagement team at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). NCHEC: How did you become a Health Communication Specialist? Janesia: I attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD and studied h... Read More
Posted by Jessica Wessner at 17 October 2019

American School Health Association (ASHA) Conference 2019

The American School Health Association Annual Conference was held this October 2-4th in Cincinnati, Ohio, and provided school health professionals across the US and internationally with an amazing opportunity to learn, meet, and share ideas with like-minded professionals. It was also a networking platform for CHES® and MCHES® from across the country to meet and celebrate certification, and the ever-expanding role of Certified Health Education Specialists in the school health sect... Read More
Posted by Jessica Wessner at 10 October 2019

Celebrate National Health Education Week with Us!

National Health Education Week is Monday October 21 –  Friday October 25, 2019   We want to celebrate health education with you! Join us in promoting the critical role that health education specialists play in improving the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, communities and schools through health education and promotion. Every day we will feature profiles of CHES® and MCHES® working hard within many different settings to promote health and wellness... Read More
Posted by Jessica Wessner at 03 October 2019

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