Question

Describe four activities that you, as a health educator, will do to stay current in the field. Be specific.

Answer 1

Ans) Health educator:

- Professionally trained, serve a variety of roles, are trained to use appropriate educational strategies and other methods conducive to health.

Four activities that health educator should perform to stay in current field:

(1) Responsibilities: specify scope of practice
(2) Competencies: reflect ability to understand, know
(3) Subcompetencies: reflect ability to list, describe
(4) Objectives: reflect ability to perform

Responsibility I:

ASSESSING individual and community needs for health education
- priority population
- types of data: primary and secondary

Responsibility II:

PLANNING effective health education programs
- planning committee
- develop goals and objectives
- create intervention

Responsibility III:

IMPLEMENTING health education programs
- pilot test
- phase in
- total implementation

Responsibility IV:

EVALUATING the effectiveness of health education programs
- process, impact and outcome
- formative and summative

Responsibility V:

COORDINATING the provision of health education services
- no overlap of services
- facilitate cooperation

responsibility VI:

ACTING as a resource person in health education
- answering questions
- selecting and developing educational resources
- establishing consultative relationships

Responsibility VII:

COMMUNICATING health and health education needs, concerns, and resources
- communication skills
- feeling comfortable working with others
- serving as a filter

Multi-tasking

Skill of coordinating and completing multiple projects at the same time.