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• Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Continuing Education Opportunities
  
  Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Exam Study Session
• Facilitated by SCPHA members Lillie Hall, MHS, MPH, CHES, and Megan Weis, MPH, CHES...

Sessions are held each April and October—April 2009 Study Session (learn more...)

Questions may be referred to Lillie Hall, halllm@dhec.sc.gov

State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health online courses

Please visit the following sites for additional CHES opportunities:

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Online Courses

-The ABC's of Bullying-Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)

-Out of the Shadows: Uncovering Substance Use and Elder Abuse (Free 4 Hours 1 CHES credit)

-At Any Age, It Does Matter: Substance Abuse and Older Adults (Free 8 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)

-Silence Hurts: Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)

-Wading Through the Data Swamp: Program Evaluation 201 (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)

-Environmental Strategies for Prevention (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)

• The University of North Carolina's School of Public Health Quarterly Public Health Grand Rounds Web Broadcasts
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  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Training and Continuing Education Online -- A number of web-based trainings with CHES credits are available.
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  The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Distance Learning Center Self-Study Program

  -Women's Heart Health: Developing A National Health Education Action Plan (Web cast archive) (Free 8 Hours Category 1 CHES)

  -Addressing Cardiovascular Health in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)

  -NHLBI Stroke Belt Initiative (Free 2 Hours Category 1 CHES)

  -Working with Religious Congregations (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)

  -Asthma Management in Minority Children (Free 2 Hours Category 1 CHES)

  -Latino Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Outreach Initiative (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)