Identify the 4 major settings in which health education specialists are employed - Answers 1. School
Health
2. Public or Community Health
3. Work Site
4. Health Care Settings
Major responsibilities for health education specialists in School Health - Answers Focuses on
curriculum development, professional involvement and advocacy
Major responsibiliteis for health education specialists in Public Health - Answers Focuses on how you
create health programs that target individuals, communities, states, and nations and within that you
focus on the 3 different types of health agencies such as the volunteer agency.
Responsibilities of Public Health Agencies - Answers Administer and coordinate volunteers
fundraising and program planning
Major responsibilities for health education specialists in the Work Site - Answers Focuses on
conducting classes, screening, administration functions, and marketing of programs
Major responsibilites for health education specialists in health care settings - Answers Education,
administration, planning, implementing, and evaluating programs
Disadvantages and advantages of School Health - Answers Advantage: Work with kids during
developmental years, no degree needed upon entry level, job security, good retirement, can work up
the ladder Disadvantage: Summer free time is consumed with summer employment, pay is low
compared to others, long hours
Disadvantages and Advantages of Public Health - Answers Advantages: jobs are highly varied, high
community profile, variety of people, flexible time
Disadvantages: hard to work with volunteers, pay is low especially in voluntary agencies, irregular
hours and no job security, and bureacracy
Disadvantages and Advantages of Work Site - Answers Advantages: Higher pay than others, access to
exercise facility for personal use, work with multiple people
Disadvantages: Long and irregular to cover all the different workers hours, upward mobility is rare,
can be cut easily from companies, and you have the pressure to be a super fit and healthy role model
to employees.
Disadvantages and Advantages of Health Care Setting - Answers Advantages: Increased credibility
because connections to health care
Disadvantages: May have low priority within your setting, turf issues with others, jobs are hard to get,
and have to be continually justifying the importance
List the eight standards in the National Health Education Standards - Answers 1. Comprehend
concepts related to health promotion and preventing diseases to enhance health
2. Analyze the influence of peers, media, culture, and technology on your health behaviors
3. Demonstate the ability to access valid health information, sources, and services to enhance
behavior
4. Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and reduce
health risks
5. Demonstrate your ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health
6. Demonstrate your ability to set goals to better enhance health
7.Demonstrate your ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors
8. Demonstrate your ability to advocate for your personal, family, and community health
Qualifications for health specialists working as academic faculty member - Answers Doctoral degree
and prior experience
Qualifications for university health specialists - Answers Masters degree in health education and
obtaining CHES or MCHES credential
University Health service responsibilities - Answers Plan, implement, and evaulate health promotion
and education programs that may include students or faculty. Also maintain a resource library, one-
on-one advising for students, developing and coordinating a peer education program, speaking to
student groups, and planning special events.
Academic Faculty member responsibilities - Answers Teaching, community, and professional service
and scholarly research