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Health Education Training and Certification

Health Education Training and Certification. HSC 489. What about those 7 areas?. Needs assessment Program planning Program implementation Program evaluation Coordination Acting as a resource person Communication. “But what do those seven areas really mean?”.

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Health Education Training and Certification

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  1. Health Education Training and Certification HSC 489

  2. What about those 7 areas? • Needs assessment • Program planning • Program implementation • Program evaluation • Coordination • Acting as a resource person • Communication

  3. “But what do those seven areas really mean?”

  4. Needs Assessmentof Individual and Community Needs for Health Ed. • Obtain data about social and cultural environments (needs/interests) • Identify helping and hindering behaviors • Interpret findings: base health education needs on obtained data • Identify learning influences and interventions http://wonder.cdc.gov/welcome.html

  5. II. Program Planningof effective health ed programs • Recruit community resources to help • Develop scope and sequence plan for a health ed. program • Create goals & objectives (appropriate and measurable) • Design programs consistent with objectives • Market programs

  6. III. Program Implementation • Apply methods and techniques to conduct planned educational programs • Select methods and media best suited for specific learners/audience • Monitor and adjust programs as necessary

  7. IV. Program Evaluation • Base a evaluation plan to assess program objectives • Implement evaluation • Interpret results • Suggest needed changes

  8. V. Program Coordination • More administrative role • Develop a coordination plan • Facilitate cooperation and collaboration among program personnel • Formulate collaboration among agencies and organizations • Organize in-service training (train the trainer)

  9. VI. Act as a Resource • Use computerized information retrieval systems • Establish consulting relationships • Provide health info • Disseminate resource materials

  10. VII. Health Communication • Interpret health education concepts and theories • Predict societal impacts on health • Use a variety of communication methods • Foster communication between health care providers and consumers

  11. But how can I do that? It’s an endurance run…not a sprint.

  12. OTLs • Each worth 5 points • On the website: http://www.healthypeople.gov find and print an Objective for Improving Health (just one objective) • Respond to the article (1/2 page summary): Balog, J. E. (2005). The meaning of health. American Journal of Health Education, 36(5), 266-271 • Find a job posting that you can apply for with the HSC degree

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