HPR 232 Week Four Journal – Competencies

Week Four Journal

–

Competencies

Each week of this course, you will be reviewing and reflecting upon the national competencies

for hea

lth education specialists. There are seven areas of responsibility that you will review in

depth each week through your reflective journal entry.

Visit the

National Commission

for Health Education Credentialing

(Links to an external

site.)Links to an external site.

(NCHEC) website and download a copy of the

Areas of

Responsibility for Health Educ

ation Specialists

(Links to an external site.)Links to an external

site.

. This document is considered “The Bible” for Health Educators as it shows the

competencies that are firmly established as the national standards for the field. All total, there are

25

8 sub

-

competencies organized into 36 competencies within seven major areas of

responsibility.

For Week Four, you will focus on Area 6: Serve as a Health Education/Promotion Resource

Person. Area 6 contains three competencies and several sub

-

competencies, w

hich are listed in the

PDF document (from 6.1 to 6.3.5). Competencies 6.2 and 6.3 are advanced competencies;

however, the first section is required for all health educators regardless of tenure in the field. In

your journal this week, review competency sec

tion 6.1 and the five sub

-

competencies listed

(6.1.1

–

6.1.5). Address the following:

·

In your view, what does it mean to “serve as a resource person”? Provide at least one

specific example of how you would want to “serve as a resource person.”

·

Review vario

us public health membership organizations that you may find online (e.g.

Society for Public Health Educators, American Public Health Association). In your view,

why do these organizations exist? And, if you obtained a free membership to one of

these, which

one would you select and why?

Your journal entry may be a PowerPoint presentation, video, screencast, or a typed document.

You will submit your work through Waypoint. APA formatting is not necessary. All

presentations must be at least 5 minutes in length;

If you use a video or screencast, please make

sure you copy the link onto a Word document and then upload the document. This is reflection

work and the goal is to critically look at the compete

ncies as well as your insights and beliefs

into how they fit into the health educator’s daily routine. There are no right or wrong answers;

this is pure personal reflection.

Week Four Journal – Competencies

Each week of this course, you will be reviewing and reflecting upon the national competencies

for health education specialists. There are seven areas of responsibility that you will review in

depth each week through your reflective journal entry.

Visit the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (Links to an external

site.)Links to an external site. (NCHEC) website and download a copy of the Areas of

Responsibility for Health Education Specialists (Links to an external site.)Links to an external

site.. This document is considered “The Bible” for Health Educators as it shows the

competencies that are firmly established as the national standards for the field. All total, there are

258 sub-competencies organized into 36 competencies within seven major areas of

responsibility.

For Week Four, you will focus on Area 6: Serve as a Health Education/Promotion Resource

Person. Area 6 contains three competencies and several sub-competencies, which are listed in the

PDF document (from 6.1 to 6.3.5). Competencies 6.2 and 6.3 are advanced competencies;

however, the first section is required for all health educators regardless of tenure in the field. In

your journal this week, review competency section 6.1 and the five sub-competencies listed

(6.1.1 – 6.1.5). Address the following:

 In your view, what does it mean to “serve as a resource person”? Provide at least one

specific example of how you would want to “serve as a resource person.”

 Review various public health membership organizations that you may find online (e.g.

Society for Public Health Educators, American Public Health Association). In your view,

why do these organizations exist? And, if you obtained a free membership to one of

these, which one would you select and why?

Your journal entry may be a PowerPoint presentation, video, screencast, or a typed document.

You will submit your work through Waypoint. APA formatting is not necessary. All

presentations must be at least 5 minutes in length; If you use a video or screencast, please make

sure you copy the link onto a Word document and then upload the document. This is reflection

work and the goal is to critically look at the competencies as well as your insights and beliefs

into how they fit into the health educator’s daily routine. There are no right or wrong answers;

this is pure personal reflection.