public health

FAMU Public Health Students Secure 100 Percent Pass Rate on CHES Exam

HBCU Colleges, HBCU News / By HBCU Reports

Since 2009, 19 students have become eligible to take the Certified Education Health Specialist (CHES) credentialing exam at the Florida A&M University (FAMU) Institute of Public Health. Each of those students successfully passed the exam, allowing FAMU to hold the distinction of having a 100 percent pass rate on one of the nation’s most respected …

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The Role Nurses Play in Public Health

Careers / By Guest Author

According to the American Nurses Association, public health is a discipline that strives to “preserve, protect and improve the health of an entire population through the prevention and control of communicable disease, injury and disability prevention, promotion of health status improvement for all and universal access to preventative services.” The role of a public health …

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