INTRODUCTION
We recently established this section to share information
from CCLDHE member presentations on best practices and promising
practices in health education. Check back regularly to see
what we've added. To include a presentation, please contact
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CCLDHE Standards of Practice for Public Health Education
in
California Local Health Departments
CCLDHE hopes that
these standards will be helpful to your health department's
understanding and use of the skills and competencies available
in health education units. We encourage you to review and
share this document with others in your department.
We strive to make these standards as useful as possible
and would welcome any feedback or suggestions for future
updates. Thank you very much for your consideration. Please
feel free to contact CCLDHE with
your comments or questions. Click
here to download the standards
(PDF).
Community
Engagement in Public Health
Author: Mary Anne
Morgan, MPH
This article introduces
the Ladder
of Community Participation as a way to illustrate
a range of approaches that can be used to engage communities
around both traditional and emerging public Health Issues.
Ms. Morgan is Director of Public Health Outreach, Education,
and
Collaboration
for the
Contra Costa Health Services, which produced the article
with partial funding from the California Endowment. Please
click here to
download the PDF.
Continuing Education Needs of Health
Education Staff
Authors: Jacqueline Valenzuela, MPH,
CHES, Girisha Colleary, MPH
This presentation, which was presented at the 2008 SOPHE
Mid-Year Scientific Conference, highlights the work of
the Los Angeles County’s health education unit
to identified "Continuing-Education Needs of the
Currently Employed Public Health Education Workforce" as
an eminent source regarding health educators’ national
continuing education needs. Its premise: health education-specific
competencies must be addressed to provide meaningful
professional development for health educators. Participant
input and an organized and cooperative approach to training
are also important. Resulting data reflected
national level needs. BLS data is used to develop HEA’s
training schedule in collaboration with programs within
DPH's Division of Quality Improvement and local public
health schools/programs. Click
here to download the PDF.
Distinction Through
Diversity
Author: Mary Strode,
MPH
This article by CCLDHE member, ,
paints a great picture of what it's
like
to
make
your
living
as
a health educator. In "Disticntion Through Diversity: A Career Health Educator's
Story," Ms.
Strode
relates
her
experiences over the years working in the field of health education. The article
was originally published in the Winter 2004 issue of the Californian
Journal of Health Promotion. Click
here to download the PDF.
Making the Case for a Standardized
Health Education Curriculum in Accredited Public Health
Institutions
Authors: Kimberly Kisler, MPH, CHES, Jacqueline Valenzuela,
MPH, CHES, Erika Gist-Siever, MPH, CHES
California Code
stipulates that "A health educator
hold a master's degree with specialization in public
or community health education." In response, Health
Education Administration (HEA), Los Angeles County’s
central health education unit, assessed the status of
health education within California’s eleven Council
on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited schools/programs.
This
presentation, delivered at the 2008 SOPHE
Mid-Year Scientific Conference, reviewd the findings
of this assessment: (1)
All
but one of the eleven
institutions
has a health education track; (2) The track titles are
not consistently "public or community health education"
and; (3) The core curricula for the health education
tracks vary. The authors also make suggestions for establishing
quality assurance mechanisms that would assure health
educators
enter the workforce with comparable skill sets while
clarifying ambiguities within California Code. Please click
here to
download a copy (PDF).
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