HEALTH EDUCATOR
1. Health Educator.
a professional individual who
serves in a variety of roles
and specifically trained to
use appropriate educational
strategies and method to
facilitate the development
of policies, procedures, and
systems conducive
2. Three level of Prevention
Primary prevention
-Forestall the onset of illness or
injury during the
prepathogenesis period.
Secondary prevention
-Lead to early diagnosis and
prompt treatment of a disease,
illness, or injury to limit
dependency and prevent more
severe pathogenesis.
Tertiary prevention
-Aimed at rehabilitation following
significant pathogenesis
3. Identify role of
Health Educators
8 Domains of core competencies
1. Catalyzing change - Enabling
change and empowering
individuals and communities.
2. Leadership - Providing strategic
direction for developing health
puublic policy.
3. Assessment - Conducting
asessment of needs and assets in
communities and system.
4. Planning - Developing
measureable goals and objectives
in response to assessment of need.
5. Implementing - Carrying out
effective and efficient, culturally
sensitive and ethical strategies to
ensure the greatest improvements
in health
6. Evaluation - determining the
effectiveness of health promotion
program and policies.
7. Advocacy - Advocating with and
on behalf of individual and
communities to improve their
health and well-being and building
their capacity for actions.
8. Partnership - working
collaboratively across disciplines,
to enhance the impact of health
promotion programs and policies