c7 Flashcards
Community health education
health ed/promotion programs conducted in departments of health, voluntary agencies, hospitals, religious orgs etc
coordinated school health program
coordinates and integrates various aspects of a school district to best impact the health of the students, faculty, staff, administrations, and community as a whole
-includes food services, nursing services, school counseling and psychology, health instruction, physical education, administration, school environment, community involvement and faculty/staff wellness
school education/promotion
instructing school-age children about health and health-related behaviors
Networking
establishing and maintaining a wide range of contacts in the field that may be of help when looking for a job and in carrying about one’s job responsibiliites once hired
important in health education/promotion? yes bc it provides roesouces for job searing and info
hard money
funds used to support health ed/promot positions and programs that are part of the regular budget of an employer
- job security tends to be good
- hired directlly by commonuty/pub health agenciy
soft money
money secured through grants
- positions termeninated when grant funding is discontinued so job secruity can be a concern
- funds to suport health ed/promot positions and programs secured through grants or contracts, which may be discoontinued at the end of a designated period
Portfolio
collection of evidence that enables students to demonstrate mastery of diesired course or program outcomes
service learning
course credit for students to work with a community agency to meet an identified community need
-provides hands on real work practiec experience
voluntary health agencies
orgs taht are created by concerned citizens to deal w/ healht needs not met by gov agencies \; rely heavily on volunteer help and donatoions to funciton
-mision can be public education, prof education, patient education, research, driect services and support to or for people direclty affect by health issues
- American Heart Association
- American Lung ASsocation
- American Cancer Society
Four major settings in which health education specialists are employed
1) School health education/promotion
2) Public or community health ed/promotion
3) Worksite health ed/promotion
4) Health ed/promotion in healthcare settings
5) Health ed/prmot in colleges and universities
6) International opp (global health)
7) nontraditional : journalism, TB or radio
advantages of School health education/promotion
- health ed specialists have the ability to work w/ young ppl during their dev years
- have potential to prevent harmful health behaviors from forming instead of working w/ older ppl after such behaviors have been formed
- have the opp to impact all students because health ed/promot is usuually a required course
- graduate degree is not needed for entry-level employment
- good job security
- summer months are free
- benefits = good
- multifaceted career ladder
- typically good health and retirement benefit programs
disadvantages of School health education/promotion
-spent many long hours at job
-low status in a school distrcit when comparee w/ teachers of more traditional subjects (math science)
-pay is low compared w/ prof in other filed but compara le w/ that of other health ed specialists\
-student discipline problems are often seen as major disadvantage
summer free time may be consumed w/ summer employment or returning to college for additional required work
-difficult dealing w/ conservative school boards, parents, and community groups when teaching controversial issues such as sex ed
-resources may be limited to support the program
responsibilities of School health education/promotion
- teach in classroom
- advocate for school health policy
- lesson planning, grading, parent meetings, displining, coaching , adminstrative dues
- curriculum dev, review of mateiral sof rclass room use, k
- active members of prof org
advantages of Public or community health ed/promotion
- job responsibilites are highly varied and changing
- strong emphasis on prevention
- ussulaly high community profile
- work w/ multiple groups of ppl
- high degree of self satisfaction
- typically offer good benefit packages
- typically allow flex time when working evenings or weekeneds
disadvantages of Public or community health ed/promotion
- pay may be low, particularly in voluntary agencies
- soft vs hard money
- relying heavily on volunteers can be frustrating; some may not commit very well
- not enough money to run all programs that need to be offered in the way they should be
- require irregular hours
- lot of beruearcracy in pub healht agencies
responsibilities of Public or community health ed/promotion
planning, implementing, and evaluating programs and events are major tasks, but, in conducting these tasks, health ed specialists get invovled in fund-raising, coalition building, committee work, budgeting, general administration, public speaking, volunteer recruitment, grant writing, media relations, and advocacy
advantages of Worksite health ed/promotion
-affords excellent opp for prevention
proivdes access to individ who may not participate in community programs
-work w/ multiple and diverse groups of ppl, including everyone form upper management to shift workers
-most enjoy positions and report high degree of job satisfaction
-pay is usually higher than in other settings; benefits are usually good but vary from employer to employer
-have access to fitness faciilites for perosnal use