Question

how can community health educators shape/ inform health policy?

Answer 1

A community health educator is the professional who educates or guides the individual and community regarding the healthy behavior and shape their behavior towards healthy living. Community health educators have a crucial role to contact the population, educate them regarding the health and illness and the ways the society can help in promoting better health.

The health educator also has a crucial role in promoting information or shaping policies. The health educator is the one who is very well acquainted with the behavior and parameters of public opinion regarding various health issues. He or she is the one who has direct contact with the population and as a routine gets to know their demands and service requirements.

This information can be provided to policy makers and government in form of reports and studies to ensure better and appropriate health policies are framed for the population.The community health educators can shape the policies by promoting better health behavior among the population and also ensuring their service demands are voiced and advocated well towards policy frameworks.