Health Education Specialist: Roles and Responsibilities

This set of flashcards covers key vocabulary and concepts related to the roles and responsibilities of Health Education Specialists as outlined in Chapter 6.

Health Education Specialist (HES)

A professional responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating health education programs.

Assessment of Needs and Capacity

The process of determining health problems, assets available, and overall community ability to address health issues.

Community Empowerment

The process that enables communities to acquire control over their lives.

Rule of Sufficiency

An approach ensuring interventions are effective enough to meet program objectives.

Implementation

Coordinating logistics to deliver health education programs, train staff, and monitor effectiveness.

Evaluation

The process of assessing program objectives to determine their effectiveness and make improvements.

Advocacy

The act of supporting and promoting health initiatives and the health education profession.

Communication Skills

The abilities required for effective written, oral, and mass media communication in health education.

Leadership and Management

Skills required to successfully guide health education programs and organizations.

Ethics

Moral principles guiding conduct in the health education profession.

Professionalism

Accepted conduct, aims, or qualities of individuals working in health education.

Multitasking

Skill of coordinating and completing several projects simultaneously.

Continuing Education

Ongoing training necessary to remain current in the field of health education.

Graduate School Admission Requirements

Criteria such as GPA, application letters, and standardized test scores needed for entry into graduate programs.

Graduate Assistantship

A position allowing students to work part-time in exchange for tuition assistance and stipends.

8 responsebilites HESPA 2020

1/Assemsment Need and cappacity

2/Planning

3/Implemenatation

4/Evaluation and Rescerach

5/Avdocacy

6/Communication

7/Leadesrship and mangement

8/ Ethics and professionalism

are the eight core responsibilities outlined for Health Education Specialists as per the HESPA 2020, guiding their practice and ensuring effective health education delivery.

7 HESPA 2015

1/Asses needs, resources and capacity for health education/promotion

2/ Plan health education/promotion

3/ Implement health education/promotion

4/Conduct evaluatrion and reserach related to health education

5/ Administer and manage helath education

6/Serve as health education/promotion resources person

7/Communicate,promote and advocate for health

Planning model

1/Assesement

2/Setting goals/objectives

3/Development intervetion

4/ Implementation

5/ Evaluation

6/Dissemination