As an organization, SOPHE also aims to "stimulate" research on health education theory and practice.
SOPHE is the only independent organization whose purpose is to exclusively promote public health education.
[2] Many SOPHE members are also certified health education specialists, or "CHES" as credentialed by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, but this is not universal across the society.
SOPHE has 20 active chapters covering 34 states, including Northern Mexico and Canada.
[2] SOPHE is registered in the United States as a 501 (c)(3) professional non-profit organization.