HSCI 312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7 : Southeastern Conference, Smoking Cessation, 2Degrees

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 312
• Professor: Julian Somers

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Hsci 312 week 7 - school health education/promotion. Identify the four major settings in which health education specialists are employed: describe the major responsibilities for health education specialists in the four major settings, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the four major settings. Explain the qualifications and major responsibilities of health education specialists working in colleges and universities. Ide(cid:374)tify a (cid:448)ariety of (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:374)traditio(cid:374)al(cid:863) setti(cid:374)gs i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h health education specialists may be employed. Tate se(cid:448)eral a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) steps that (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e take(cid:374) to help pro(cid:272)ure o(cid:374)e"s first jo(cid:271) i(cid:374) health education/promotion. What are the four major settings in which a health education specialist can seek employment: schools, public/community health agencies, worksites, health care facilities. *other settings: colleges & universities, international & nontraditional settings. School health involves all the strategies, activities & services offered by, in or in association with s(cid:272)hools that are desig(cid:374)ed to pro(cid:373)ote stude(cid:374)ts" physi(cid:272)al, e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al & so(cid:272)ial de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Primarily involves instructing school-age children about health & health-related behaviours.