Roles, Responsibilities, Certification

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Roles, Responsibilities, Certification
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KEY TERMS

• Credentialing
• Accreditation
• Licensure
• Certification
• Certified Health Education Specialist

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Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)

• Overseeing organization
• The National Commission for Health Education
  Credentialing
• Competency Update Project

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Responsibility I

• Assess individual and community needs for health
  education

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Needs Assessment

• What is it?
• How is it started?

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What is a needs assessment?

• The needs assessment is a process by which the
  program planner identifies and measures gaps
  between what is and what ought to be.

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Conducting a needs assessment

• Determine the purpose and scope
• Identify sources of information
• Gather data set parameters
• Analyze the data
• Identify gaps in knowledge of the problem
• Identify the program focus

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Conducting a needs assessment

• Determine the purpose and scope of the needs
  assessment
• What is the focus?
• What is the goal?
• What do you hope to gain?

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Conducting a needs assessment

• Identify sources of information
• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary

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Primary Data Sources

• Gather the needed data
• Set parameters on what type and how much
• Where will you find it?

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Analyze the data

• What are you looking for?
• How will you know when you find it?

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Analyze gaps

• What are the gaps between what we know and what
  we need to know?
• OR-
• Between what is and what should be

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• Identify the program focus

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HE 342 project

• What is the situation or problem?
• Overall summary of the health condition or
  problem
• What documented proof or data is available to
  support the argument (need for change)?
• Secondary data used here to summarize what we
  know and still need to work on
• Local program and activities

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• Examples of documentation
• ToolBox website

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Responsibility II

• Plan health education strategies, interventions,
  and programs

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Responsibility III

• Implement health education strategies,
  interventions, and programs

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Responsibility IV

• Conduct evaluation and research related to health
  education

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Responsibility V

• Administer health education strategies,
  interventions, and programs

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Responsibility VI

• Serve as a health education resource

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Responsibility VII

• Communicate and advocate for health and health
  education