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Evaluate the role of health education specialists in addressing the increasing
costs of health care. Answer - 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? Answer - (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? Answer - -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 Answer - 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)
Answer - 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 Answer - 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 Answer - 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 Answer - 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.
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