Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Health educators (also known as Health Education Specialists) use health promotion principles, assist individuals and communities in the adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles.
The MPH with a Concentration in Health Promotion and Behavior prepares students as health educators to collect and analyze data to identify diverse community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating community level health promotion programs; communicate health and health promotion needs; and plan, implement and evaluate health promotion programs using ethical standards and theoretical frameworks and models.
Students engage in the social and behavioral aspects of public health and the prevention of health-related problems and conditions to create multi-level interventions that positively impact health at the individual, group, organizational and community levels.
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The University of South Florida is home to the highest-ranked public health degree program in Florida (U.S. News and World Report, 2026).
Established in 1984 as the first college of public health in the state of Florida, the college is a recognized leader in online education, social marketing, community health, maternal and child health and global infectious disease research.
The college offers four unique undergraduate majors across health sciences and public health, plus multiple concentrations that lead to MHA, MPH, MSPH, DrPH and PhD degrees, as well as several dual degrees, graduate certificates and online programs.
The Colleges of Public Health, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy unite to form USF Health, whose mission is to envision and implement the future of health with a commitment to improve the full spectrum of health—from the environment, to the community, to the individual.
To learn more about the college and our community, who commit to passionately solving problems and creating conditions that allow every person the universal right to health and well-being, visit:
https://health.usf.edu/publichealth
Health educators (also known as Health Education Specialists) use health promotion principles, assist individuals and communities in the adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles.
The MPH with a Concentration in Health Promotion and Behavior prepares students as health educators to collect and analyze data to identify diverse community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating community level health promotion programs; communicate health and health promotion needs; and plan, implement and evaluate health promotion programs using ethical standards and theoretical frameworks and models.
Students engage in the social and behavioral aspects of public health and the prevention of health-related problems and conditions to create multi-level interventions that positively impact health at the individual, group, organizational and community levels.
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The University of South Florida is home to the highest-ranked public health degree program in Florida (U.S. News and World Report, 2026).
Established in 1984 as the first college of public health in the state of Florida, the college is a recognized leader in online education, social marketing, community health, maternal and child health and global infectious disease research.
The college offers four unique undergraduate majors across health sciences and public health, plus multiple concentrations that lead to MHA, MPH, MSPH, DrPH and PhD degrees, as well as several dual degrees, graduate certificates and online programs.
The Colleges of Public Health, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy unite to form USF Health, whose mission is to envision and implement the future of health with a commitment to improve the full spectrum of health—from the environment, to the community, to the individual.
To learn more about the college and our community, who commit to passionately solving problems and creating conditions that allow every person the universal right to health and well-being, visit:
https://health.usf.edu/publichealth
