Evaluate the role of health education specialists in addressing the increasing costs of health care. - ANS Health education specialists can facilitate patient choice by helping patients understand their options regarding physician choice, health care insurance plan, type of care, and intens...
Evaluate the role of health education specialists in addressing the increasing costs of health
care. - ANS Health education specialists can facilitate patient choice by helping patients
understand their options regarding physician choice, health care insurance plan, type of care,
and intensity of services
Explain how technology can benefit health educators? - ANS (i.e., social networking)
Technology services such as Facebook and Twitter, can link health educators to people who
have similar health interests. It can unite people for a common cause. They are also useful for
sending information and updates about various health programs
What type of technology skills are important for current and future health educators? - ANS
-Basic word processing/text editing skills (i.e. spell check, electronic thesaurus)
-Basic to advanced electronic spreadsheet
-Introductory statistical analysis software and data entry
-Preparing effective PowerPoint presentations
-Critiquing components of computer-assisted health education software
-Electronic retrieval of quality health information (i.e. search engines, databases and indexes of
health literature)
-Utilizing a Web page editor to design and develop effective health based Web pages
-Professional electronic mail and discussion list etiquette
-Use of common technological innovations in health education/promotion such as digital
video/photography, scanners, personal digital assistants, and computer-assisted interviews and
surveys
What the national commission for health education credentialing, Inc.? Describe its mission and
purpose - ANS The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. is the
organization responsible for the individual credentialing of health education specialists. Its
mission is to enhance the professional practice of health education by promoting and sustaining
a credentialed body of health education specialists. Its purpose is to develop and administer
national competency-based examinations, develop standards for professional preparation, and
promote professional development through continuing education for health education
professionals.
What a coalition is and provide an example (in example, describe the purpose of the coalition
and what some recent activities of this coalition would be) - ANS 1. Coalition- When a
, common voice for a profession is needed because of the large number of professional health
education/promotion associations. An example of a coalition is the Coalition of National Health
Education Organizations.
2. The purpose of the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations (CNHEO) is "the
mobilization of the resources of the Health Education Profession in order to expand and improve
health education, regardless of the setting". Some of the recent activities of this coalition
include:
-Creating position papers on topics of importance to the profession
-Mobilization of health education professionals seeking to add the Standard Occupation
Classification (SOC) of health educator to the "List of Community and Social Service
Occupations" by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of labor Statistics.
-Cosponsoring two invitational conferences in 1995 and 2002 to examine the status and future
of the health education/promotion profession.
-Creating a unified "Code of Ethics for the Health Education Profession".
-Cosponsoring the annual National Health Education Advocacy Summit that began in 1998.
-Supporting the Health Education Advocate website.
Governmental health agency - ANS agencies designated as having authority for certain
specific duties or tasks outlined by the governmental bodies that oversee them.
Example: A local health department that has the authority to protect, promote, and enhance the
health of people living in a specific geographical area.
Quasi-governmental health agency - ANS agencies that possess some of the
characteristics of a governmental health agency but also possess some of the characteristics of
nongovernmental agencies.
Example: The American Red Cross. They carry out tasks that are often though of as services of
governmental agencies, yet they operate independently of governmental supervision.
Nongovernmental health agency - ANS those that operate, for the most part, free from
governmental interference as long as they comply with the Internal Revenue Service's
guidelines fro the their tax status.
Example: Project Hope, an international health care organization that delivers essential
medicines and supplies, health expertise and medical training to respond to disaster, prevent
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