Role of Community Health Educators PDF

5 Role of Community Health Educators 1. Assessing Individual and Community Needs for Health Education 2. Planning Effective Health Education Programs 3. Implementing Health Education Programs 4. Evaluating Effectiveness of Health Education Programs 5. Coordinating Provision of Health Education Serv...

5 Role of Community Health Educators 1. Assessing Individual and Community Needs for Health Education 2. Planning Effective Health Education Programs 3. Implementing Health Education Programs 4. Evaluating Effectiveness of Health Education Programs 5. Coordinating Provision of Health Education Services 6. Acting as a Resource Person in Health Education 7. Communicating Health and Needs, Concerns, and Resources 6 1. Assessing Individual and Community Needs for Health Education Competency A: Obtain health-related data about social and cultural environments, growth and development factors, needs, and interests. Competency B: Distinguish between behaviors that foster and those that hinder well-being. Competency C: Infer needs for health education on the basis of obtained data. Competency D Determine factors that influence learning and development 8 Assessing Individual and Community Needs for Health Education conclusion will determine: ¡ Choosing destination required ¡ Evaluating alternative routes ¡ Deciding specific course of the plan. 9 2. Planning Effective Health Education Programs Competency A: Recruit community organizations, resource people, and potential participants for support and assistance in program planning. Competency B: Develop a logical scope and sequence plan for a health education program. Competency C: Formulate appropriate and measurable program objectives. Competency D: Design educational programs consistent with specified program objectives. 11 Planning process should answer: • What are the illnesses most common in this area? ¡ What is the extent of the problem? How bad is the situation? • What do people die of? Which groups or individuals are most affected? ¡ What needs to be done in this area to improve their health? 12 3. Implementing Health Education Programs Competency A: Determine competences in carrying out planned educational programs. Competency B: Infer enabling objectives as needed to implement instructional programs in specified settings. Competency C: Select methods and media best suited to implement program plans for specific learners. Competency D: Monitor educational programs, adjusting objectives and activities as necessary. 14 AS result ,What is the Implementation Action plan contents ¡ Goal and objectives • What steps are to be taken - list of activities • Who will be responsible for each step - person in charge • What materials, equipment, people, funds will be necessary for each step - resources • When each step is to be completed - target date. 15 4. Evaluating Effectiveness of Health Education Programs Competency A: Develop plans to assess achievement of program objectives. Competency B: Carry out evaluation plans. Competency C: Interpret results of program evaluations. Competency D: Infer implications from findings for future program planning. 17 Evaluating Effectiveness of Health Education Programs (questions should be answered): ¡ How well did we do? ¡ Did the plans work? ¡ Why did we succeed? Or fail? ¡ What do we do next? ¡ Did we learn from our mistakes or successes? 19 5. Coordinating Provision of Health Education Services Competency A: Develop a plan for coordinating health education services. Competency B: Facilitate cooperation between and among levels of program personnel. Competency C: Formulate practical modes of collaboration among health agencies and organizations. Competency D: Organize in-service training programs. 20 6. Acting as a Resource Person in Health Education Competency A: Utilize computerized health information retrieval systems effectively. Competency B: Establish effective consultative relationships with those requesting assistance in solving health-related problems. Competency C: Interpret and respond to requests for health information. Competency D: Select effective educational resource materials for dissemination. 21 7. Communicating Health and Needs, Concerns, and Resources Competency A: Interpret concepts, purposes, and theories of health education. Competency B: Predict the impact of societal value systems on health education programs. Competency C: Select a variety of communication methods and techniques for providing health information. Competency D: Foster communication between health care providers and consumers.