The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Health Educators

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Health
Educators

• By Michele Pettit

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Habits 1, 2, and 3

• Be Proactive
• Health educators take initiative and respond to
  the needs of target populations
• Begin with the End in Mind
• Health educators set goals and objectives to
  promote healthy communities
• Put First Things First
• Health educators prioritize the health needs of
  target populations

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Habit 4

• Think Win/Win
• Health educators devise strategies and programs
  that benefit everyone involved

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Habit 5

• Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
• Health educators acknowledge the unique
  characteristics of communities before
  coordinating interventions

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Habits 6 and 7

• Synergize
• Health educators collaborate to build healthy
  communities
• Sharpen the Saw
• Health educators constantly strive to enhance the
  profession