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Assessment of Public Health Educator Practice: Health Educator Responsibilities

Hans H. Johnson, EdD

Department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Mary A. Glascoff, MSN, EdD

East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Kay Lovelace, PhD, MPH

Department of Public Health Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Daniel L. Bibeau, PhD

Department of Public Health Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Emily T. Tyler, MPH, CHES

Community Health Education in Greensboro, North Carolina

This study presents a method for better understanding how practicing health educators in local health departments spend their time. The purpose of this study was to document the daily practice of health educators in the 10 areas of responsibility as defined by a competency-based framework for graduate-level health educators. The results of the current study present the average percentage of time health educators spent carrying out each area of responsibility and the percentage of health educators that did not carry out activities related to a specific area of responsibility. For example, the greatest percentage of time was spent implementing programs (21.2%), and approximately 60% of the health educators in the sample did not conduct research nor did they participate in activities to advance the profession. These findings have implications for the professional preparation of health educators and for their continuing education. The current study contains several suggestions for future research in this area.

Key Words: public health educator practice • public health educator responsibilities • areas of responsibility

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 6, No. 1, 89-96 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903260160
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