Settings for the Practice of Health Education

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Settings for the Practice of Health Education
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General Settings

• School
• Business/Industry
• Hospitals/Clinics
• Community/Public Health Agencies

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School

• The potential impact of health education on
  students is tremendous
• Proven effective when well-planned, sequential,
  significant time is allotted to the curriculum,
  and taught by a trained health educator
• Sophistication has increased over the years

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Rules of Good Health-1922

• Take a full bath more than once a week.
• Brush teeth at least once a day.
• Sleep long hours with window open.
• Drink as much milk as possible, but no coffee or
  tea.

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Rules of Good Health-1922,continued

• Eat some vegetables or fruit every day.
• Drink at least four glasses of water a day.
• Play part of every day outdoors.
• Have a bowel movement every morning.

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National Health Education Standards

• National Health Education Standards

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Coordinated School Health Program
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CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health
(DASH)

• DASH

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Alabama Course of Study Health Education

• The goal of the Alabama health education
  curriculum is to develop health-literate
  citizens. The Alabama Course of Study Health
  Education is designed to prepare students to
  obtain, interpret, and understand basic health
  information and services and to competently use
  the information and services to enhance personal
  health. The content of this document emphasizes
  students participation in healthy choices and
  behaviors within the school, the family, and the
  community.

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Alabama Course of Study Health Education

• National Health Education Standards
• CDC identified 10 content areas
• Outlines minimum required content
• IS NOT a curriculum

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Alabama Course of Study Health Education

• Alabama Course of Study Health Education

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Possible Additional Duties of a teacher

• Parent meetings
• Disciplining
• Coaching
• Curriculum development
• Chaperoning events
• Student clubs
• Other extra-curricular activities

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• Advantages and Disadvantages of working in
  School Health Education
• See page 194 of text

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Community/Public Health Education

• ..the application of a variety of methods that
  result in the education and mobilization of
  community members in actions for resolving health
  issues and problems which affect the community.
  These methods include, but are not limited to,
  group process, mass media, communication,
  community organization, organization development,
  strategic planning, skills training, legislation,
  policy making, advocacy

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Community/Public Health Education

• Voluntary health agencies
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Red Cross
• Administration
• Volunteer recruitment coordination
• Program development
• Fund raising

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Community/Public Health Education

• Public health agencies
• Official government health agencies
• Coordinate and provide health services and
  education to communities
• Diverse in terms of job responsibilities
• Example
• Advantages and Disadvantages, p.199

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Worksite Health Promotion

• Differ greatly from site to site
• Provide several advantages
• Improved employee moral
• Reduced turnover
• Reduced absenteeism
• Increased recruitment potential
• Care cost containment
• Improved employee health status
• Improved company image

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Examples

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• WELCOA

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Duties outside of program development in a
worksite

• Record keeping
• Bulletin boards
• Equipment maintenance
• Towel distribution
• Laundry
• Health fairs
• Health Screenings
• Grant Writing

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Worksite Health Promotion

• Advantages and Disadvantages
• P.207

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Health Care Settings

• Public and for-profit hospitals
• Free-standing clinics
• Home health care services
• HMOs and PPOs
• Preventive health services

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Health Care Settings

• Employee programs
• Patient education
• One-on-one or groups
• Community outreach programs
• Plan, implement, evaluate
• Administration
• Grant writing
• Coalition involvement

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Health Care Settings

• Advantages and Disadvantages, p. 211

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Example

• Childrens Hospital of Alabama

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Other opportunities..

• Peace Corps
• Mass communication positions

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First jobs..

• Networking
• Service learning projects
• Well-developed vita and portfolio
• CHES
• Understand how to use job placement services of
  various sorts
• Professional organizations