Training and Education - CHES Credits

Seven Areas of Responsibility & Competencies

CHES Credits | Areas of Responsibility

Certified Health Education Specialists

I. Assessing individual and community needs for health education

A: Obtain health-related data about social and cultural environments, growth and development factors, needs and interests.
B: Distinguish between behaviors that foster and those that hinder well-being.
C: Infer needs for health education on the basis of obtained data.

II. Planning effective health education programs

A: Recruit community organizations, resource people and potential participants for support and assistance in program planning.
B: Develop a logical scope and sequence plan for a health education program.
C: Formulate appropriate and measurable program objectives.
D: Design educational programs consistent with specified program objectives.

III. Implementing health education programs

A: Exhibit competence in carrying out planned educational programs.
B: Infer enabling objectives as needed to implement instructional programs in specified settings.
C: Select methods and media best suited to implement program plans for specific learners.
D: Monitor educational programs, adjusting objectives and activities as necessary.

IV. Evaluating effectiveness of health education programs

A: Develop plans to assess achievement of program objectives.
B: Carry out evaluation plans.
C: Interpret results of program evaluation.
D: Infer implication from findings for future program planning.

V. Coordinating provision of health education services

A: Develop a plan for coordinating health education services.
B: Facilitate cooperation between and among levels of program personnel.
C: Formulate practical modes of collaboration among health agencies and organizations.
D: Organize in-service training programs for teachers, volunteers, and other interested personnel.

VI. Acting as a resource person in health education

A: Utilize computerized health information retrieval system effectively.
B: Establish effective consultative relationships with those requesting assistance in solving health-related problems.
C: Interpret and respond to requests for health information.
D: Select effective educational resource materials for dissemination.

VII. Communicating health and health education needs, concerns, and resources

A: Interpret concepts, purposes and theories of health education.
B: Predict the impact of societal value systems on health education programs.
C: Select a variety of communication methods and techniques in providing health information.
D: Foster communication between health care providers and consumers.

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