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CERTIFICATE OF Lifestyle Intervention

The Lifestyle Intervention Program Certificate, offered by the School of Public Health’s Department of Health Promotion and Education, prepares participants to accurately assess the health-related lifestyle conditions, practices, and motivation of individuals and community groups in order to help them improve their health through implementation of health-related lifestyle intervention approaches.

Learner outcomes

Upon completion of the DrPH degree program in health education, the graduate should be able to:

• Accurately assess lifestyle practices and conditions.
• Identify and apply appropriate dietary, fitness, and other lifestyle-based interventions.
• Apply principles and methods to help individuals change their lifestyle-related health behaviors.
• Decide when and how to refer individuals to various health care professionals.
• Provide leadership for community-based health promotion projects in selected settings.

Prerequisite

1. U.S. baccalaureate degree or its equivalent
2. Interview with departmental faculty member
3. Two recommendation letters
4. Computer literacy or STAT 439

Educational Effectiveness

1. Completion with GPA of 3.0>
2. Class projects/presentations
3. Completion of certification requirements

People who may benefit from earning the certificate

1. Practicing health professionals who desire more training in lifestyle intervention.
2. Loma Linda University School of Public Health students who can add this certificate to their MPH degree training by adding a few more classes.
3. Loma Linda University students from other schools who desire competence in lifestyle intervention.
4. Loma Linda University alumni.
5. Other individuals who wish to provide lifestyle education in their communities.

Certificate Curriculum- Students must successfully complete at least 27 units as listed below.

• HPRO 509 Principles of Health Behavior (3)
• HPRO 526 Lifestyle Diseases and Risk Reduction (3) O*
• HPRO 527 Obesity and Disordered Eating (3)
• HPRO 573 Exercise Physiology I (3)
• HPRO 696 Directed/Independent Study (2)
• Or
• NUTR 564 Contemporary Issues in Vegetarian Health (2)
• NUTR 509 Public Health Nutrition (3)
• Or
• NUTR 510 Advanced Public Health Nutrition (3)
• NUTR 526 Nutrition Counseling (2)
• NUTR 527 Assessment of Nutritional Status (2)
• REL - - - - Ethics in Public Health (recommended) (3)
• NUTR 505 Public Health Biology (2)
• PHCJ 605 Overview of Public Health (1)

Total Units 27

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