Future of Health Education Flashcards
Fielding, 2013
Health Education 2.0: The Next Generation of Health Education Practice
HeD needs to adapt to improve pop. health and _ health inequities.
Social Ecological Model + Evidence-based practice = Best solutions!
Policy = Powerful. ^ health env + _ burden of disease
4 Opportunities for HeDrs
- Expertise in evidence-based programs
- Knowledge on health determinants
- Create partnerships
- Communication + Community engagement to educate
Clark, 1994
Health Educators and the Future: Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way
HeD world is changing!
+Relationship w/ medical field
+Change in culture/identity of U.S.
+Long-term thinking
Future will be characterized by: \+Values \+Process at all levels (SEM) \+Cost-effectiveness \+Quality of Life
Clark + McLeroy, 1995
Creating Capacity through HeD: What We Know + What We Don’t
1995: Need to create common language
1995: Need to better operationalize theories + figure out how to measure constructs
NCHEC, 2008
Future Goals of NCHEC
- Market CHES to employers
- Advocate for 3rd party reimbursement
- Enhance prof. dev.
- Require university accreditation for CHES eligibility
McGinnis, 2004
Focus on:
Strong PH capacity
Partner w/ medical field
Cultural/social impact on lifestyle/behavior change
Patterson + Vitello, 2006
Profession will only advance + mature if leaders + members do! Credentialing supports this!
Koplan + Fleming, 2010
10 Challenges to PH’s Future
- Institute rational healthcare system
- Eliminate health disparities
- Focus on children’s emotional + intellectual development
- Achieve a longer “health span”
- Healthy eating + physical activity in daily life
- Clean up + protect environment
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Recognize + address mental health as factor in overall well-being
- Reduce toll of violence on society
- Use new scientific + technological advances wisely
O’Donnell, 2012
With success of ACA, HeD needs to focus on:
- Developing and implementing public policy
- Developing science of HeD
