H.1 - Health Careers

Health Careers

\- any job or occupation that are related for taking care of our health

Support Services

\- the ones responsible for keeping a clean and sanitary hospitals or therapeutic environment

\- hospital maintenance and facility managers

Biotechnology/Research and Development

\- contributes to the advancement of health care through science and technology

\- biomedical chemists, toxicologist, pharmaceutical scientist, biomedical engineers

Health Informatics and Business

\- includes documentation services, medical record managements, etc.

\- hospital units’ coordinators, health info coders, data analysts, administrators, public health educators

Diagnostic Services/Imaging and Diagnostics

\- involves the use of technology in the diagnosis of patient

\- medical laboratory technologist, ultrasound, x-ray techniques, radiologist

Therapeutic Services/Direct Patient Care

\- also called as direct patient care and considered as hands on patient care

\- medical specialist attending to patients such as: nurses, care providers, physical therapist, dentist

Public Health

\- addresses health concerns of communities at risk for diseases as well as injuries

Public Health Practice

\- works within a community to improve the overall health of its members

\- understanding the unique needs of a discrete ‘community’ as opposed to the individual patient

\- typically work for government agencies or large private health organizations, providing educational, and advocacy services to at-risk individuals and groups

Health Education

\- assessing the health needs of the communities

\- encourage wellness and inform people about healthy habits

\- may create programs and distribute educational materials on topics surrounding health

\- government agencies may implement campaigns to encourage people to get vaccinated

Health Educators

\- may create incentives to get employees to be more active

Epidemiology

\- study patterns to determine teh causes of injuries and diseases

Personal Health Care

\- includes assistance or companion to people who need to remain safe and need to go for day-to-day activities

\- care giver

Maternal Health/Child Care

\- concerns the health of a pregnant woman, childbirth, and the postpartum period

Postpartum Period

\- six weeks after childbirth

Family Planning and Preconception Care

\- screening period before getting pregnant

Prenatal Care

\- assesses if there are any potential complication of pregnancy in early detection

Postnatal Care

\- recovery from childbirth, newborn care, nutrition, and breastfeeding

Mental Health

\- how we act and think logically, affects our decision making

Mental Practitioner

\- trained to help patients who have mental and emotional problems and illnesses

\- psychologists, psychiatrists, professional counselor, clinical social workers and related specialist.

Psychologists

\- professionals who counsel people who have deep emotional problems

\- work in hospitals, the criminal justice system, schools, and other institutions

Psychiatrists

\- medical practitioners who diagnose and treat patients who have mental illnesses

\- may also treat those who have problems in substance abuse

Counselor

\- assist people with problems related to mental health, and to making family, personal, educational, and career decisions

Community Health Workers

\- persons who help local communities receive health care

Environmental Health

\- field of science that studies how the environment influences human health and disease

\- concerned with all aspects of the natural and manmade environment that may affect human health.

Environmental Specialist

\- professionals who do work related to the environment by means of research, outreach and education, environmental cleanups, investigations, and more

Psychiatric Nurses

\- trace and oversee the physical progress of patients as medication are administered

\- mental health nursing

Counselor

\- professionals that give pieces of advice for teens and adults that are experiencing drug abuse

Professors, Researchers, and Social Workers

\- provide solutions for drug abuse-related problems even though they don’t involve in direct patient care

Nutrition and Dietetics Career

\- career that is related in taking care of our diet and nutrition

Dietetics

\- field of studying the relationship between health and nutrition

Dietitians

\- professionals who help the patient to protect their body against disease by means of natural food nutrients

Health Education

\- involves educating people about health

\- teach physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual health

Emergency Medical Services

\- also known as the paramedics service or rescue or first aid team