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Reimbursement as a Legitimizing Strategy for Health Education

Virginia J. Noland Dodd, PhD, MPH

Department of Health Education & Behavior at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida

Ying Li, MEd, CHES

Department of Health Education & Behavior at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida

The health education profession has made significant advances throughout the past few decades. However, health education is still described as an emerging profession. This article suggests strategies to move health education from its status as an emerging profession into that of an acknowledged profession. The authors assert that actively seeking direct third-party reimbursement will advance health education's emergence as a profession as well as increase its legitimacy in the eyes of other professions. The benefits of direct third-party reimbursement, experiences of the nursing profession's pursuit of direct third-party reimbursement, and the current status of health education are discussed. The article concludes by offering strategies for pursuing direct third-party reimbursement.

Key Words: health educator • third-party reimbursement • health education • CHES

This version was published on January 1, 2009

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 10, No. 1, 34-40 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839905284575
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