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Career
Opportunities in Health Education|
AIDS
Educator |
Fitness Counselor |
Pharmaceutical Sales Rep |
If you want to attend graduate school, the B.S. Health Science: Health Education Option enables you to enter into a graduate program in any of the following:
Public Health
Health Education
Community Health
Health Promotion
School Health
Health Science
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Greater
emphasis on integrating health promotion and disease prevention in health
plans is increasing in primary care settings as well as community-based
outreach programs.
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The need for
interdisciplinary faculty in secondary and higher education is expanding
rapidly to keep pace with ever changing public health technologies.
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Educators
trained in maternal and child health, nutrition, sanitation, population
control, and prevention of disease will increasingly find career opportunities
in developing countries.
§ There is a growing demand for culturally diverse outreach workers trained in behavioral and community based intervention technologies to both educate and empower populations at risk to improve their health status (http:/www.asph.org/educ.htm).
“The mission of public health is to prevent disease
and disability and to promote health.”
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Federal, state, and
local health agencies Schools, colleges, and universities Consumer advocacy organizations Wellness programs State legislative committees Voluntary health agencies Relief agencies Community-based programs Crisis centers International organizations Rehabilitation centers Health services delivery organizations Stress, depression, and suicide Substance abuse centers and agencies Centers for the aging Corporations/Businesses Hospitals Health Maintenance Organizations |
Occupational safety and
health Maternal and child health Family planning Access to quality health care Immunizations Domestic violence Sexually transmitted diseases/HIV Environmental hazards Nutrition, diet, and obesity Physical activity and fitness Chronic disease prevention Stress, depression, and suicide Tobacco, drugs and alcohol abuse Injury prevention
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Roles of Health Educators*
Responsibility 1 –
Assess
individual and community needs for health
education.
Responsibility 2 – Plan effective health education programs.
Responsibility 3 – Implement health education programs.
Responsibility 4 – Evaluate the effectiveness of health education programs.
Responsibility 5 – Coordinate the provision of health education services.
Responsibility 6 – Act as a resource person in health education.
Responsibility 7 –
Communicate
health education needs, concerns, and
resources.
*The National Commission for Health Education Certification, Inc. (1996). A Competency Based Framework for the Professional Development of Certified Health Education Specialists. Allentown, PA