Chapter 7 Flashcards

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What are the four major settings health education specialists are employed?

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  1. Schools/school districts
  2. Healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics)
  3. Public/community health agencies
  4. Workplace settings (corporations, businesses)
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Schools/school districts

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Schools play an important role in promoting the health and safety of children and adolescents by helping them to establish lifelong health patterns

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Schools/school district job title examples

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School health educator
Health counselor
District wellness coordinator

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Healthcare job examples

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Patient educator director
Lactation consultant

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Public/community health agencies

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Voluntary health agencies ( non-profit, mission driven, patient and community education)
Voluntary/governmental organizations (WIC, Tarzana treatment centers, FDA, planned parenthood)

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Public/community government and health department job examples

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Prevention specialist
Environmental health educator
Accreditation coordinator

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Work place settings (corporations, businesses)

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Combination of educational, organizational and environmental activities, designed to improve the health and safety of employees and their families

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School health education/promotion advantages

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-ability to work with young people during developmental years
- job security
- good benefits
- opportunity to impact all students because health education/promotion is a required course
- potential to prevent harmful health behaviors from forming

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School health education/promotion disadvantages

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  • work long hours including weekends and evenings
  • low status compared with other teachers
  • low pay
  • student discipline problems
  • summer job since there is no school in summer
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Public/community health education/promotion advantages

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  • responsibilities are highly varied and changing
  • high community profile
  • high degree of self satisfaction
  • good benefit packages
  • flex above hours
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Public/community health education/promotion disadvantages

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  • pay may be low
  • relying on volunteers can be frustrating
  • never enough money to run all of the programs
  • irregular hours
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Worksite health education/promotion advantages

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  • opportunities for prevention
  • pay is usually higher than other health education settings
  • access to fitness facilities for personal use
  • access to individuals who don’t participate in community programs
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Worksite health education/promotion disadvantages

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  • irregular and long hours
  • difficult to move up in the company
  • health promotion programs and fitness centers often seem low on a company’s priority list
  • strong pressure to be fit and healthy role models for other employees
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Health education/promotion healthcare setting advantages

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  • highly varied and changing
  • increased credibility
  • high community profile
  • work with multiple groups of people
  • wages and benefits are good
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Health education/promotion in healthcare settings disadvantages

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  • low status and low priority within healthcare settings
  • jobs are difficult to obtain
  • long and irregular hours
  • medical doctors may be difficult to work with
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