HPR 232 Community Health Promotion Methods WK3-Journal

Week Three Journal

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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

A

reas 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 Three, you will focus on Area 4: Conduct Evaluation and Research Related to Health

Education/Promotion and Area 5:

Administer and Manage Health Education Promotion. Area 4

contains seven competencies and multiple sub

-

competencies, which are listed in the PDF

document (from 4.1 to 4.7.5). Area 5 contains six competencies and several sub

-

competencies

(5.1 to 5.6.14). As

an entry

-

level health educator, you will not likely be part of these areas;

however, as you grow in the field, these two areas represent advanced competencies and give

you more knowledge in advancing in your career. In your journal this week, review the Ar

ea 4

and Area 5 competency/sub

-

competency lists and address the following:

·

Area 4: Take a look at Competency Area 4.4

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Collect and Manage Data. Imagine you

are running a childhood obesity program in your community that includes physical fitness

activities

and healthy eating. What types of data would you want to collect on your

participants in order to learn the effectiveness of your program? How would you go about

getting that information?

·

Area 5: Look at Competency Area 5.2

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Manage Technology Resources.

Using the same

childhood obesity program mentioned above, what types of technology and/or

instruments do you think you would want to use to collect, monitor and manage that

information?

·

Consider these technologies and address what you believe needs to be d

one to assure

proper ethical and legal principles are upheld during collection, monitoring, and analysis?

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

You will submit your work through Waypoint. No APA format

ting is necessary. All

presentations must be at least 5 minutes in length; written journal entries

.

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.

Week Three 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 Three, you will focus on Area 4: Conduct Evaluation and Research Related to Health

Education/Promotion and Area 5: Administer and Manage Health Education Promotion. Area 4

contains seven competencies and multiple sub-competencies, which are listed in the PDF

document (from 4.1 to 4.7.5). Area 5 contains six competencies and several sub-competencies

(5.1 to 5.6.14). As an entry-level health educator, you will not likely be part of these areas;

however, as you grow in the field, these two areas represent advanced competencies and give

you more knowledge in advancing in your career. In your journal this week, review the Area 4

and Area 5 competency/sub-competency lists and address the following:

 Area 4: Take a look at Competency Area 4.4 – Collect and Manage Data. Imagine you

are running a childhood obesity program in your community that includes physical fitness

activities and healthy eating. What types of data would you want to collect on your

participants in order to learn the effectiveness of your program? How would you go about

getting that information?

 Area 5: Look at Competency Area 5.2 – Manage Technology Resources. Using the same

childhood obesity program mentioned above, what types of technology and/or

instruments do you think you would want to use to collect, monitor and manage that

information?

 Consider these technologies and address what you believe needs to be done to assure

proper ethical and legal principles are upheld during collection, monitoring, and analysis?

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

You will submit your work through Waypoint. No APA formatting is necessary. All

presentations must be at least 5 minutes in length; written journal entries. 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.