Chapter 7 Flashcards
What are the four major settings health education specialists are employed?
- Schools/school districts
- Healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics)
- Public/community health agencies
- Workplace settings (corporations, businesses)
Schools/school districts
Schools play an important role in promoting the health and safety of children and adolescents by helping them to establish lifelong health patterns
Schools/school district job title examples
School health educator
Health counselor
District wellness coordinator
Healthcare job examples
Patient educator director
Lactation consultant
Public/community health agencies
Voluntary health agencies ( non-profit, mission driven, patient and community education)
Voluntary/governmental organizations (WIC, Tarzana treatment centers, FDA, planned parenthood)
Public/community government and health department job examples
Prevention specialist
Environmental health educator
Accreditation coordinator
Work place settings (corporations, businesses)
Combination of educational, organizational and environmental activities, designed to improve the health and safety of employees and their families
School health education/promotion advantages
-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
School health education/promotion disadvantages
- 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
Public/community health education/promotion advantages
- responsibilities are highly varied and changing
- high community profile
- high degree of self satisfaction
- good benefit packages
- flex above hours
Public/community health education/promotion disadvantages
- pay may be low
- relying on volunteers can be frustrating
- never enough money to run all of the programs
- irregular hours
Worksite health education/promotion advantages
- 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
Worksite health education/promotion disadvantages
- 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
Health education/promotion healthcare setting advantages
- highly varied and changing
- increased credibility
- high community profile
- work with multiple groups of people
- wages and benefits are good
Health education/promotion in healthcare settings disadvantages
- 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