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KMID : 0858820190360040031
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2019 Volume.36 No. 4 p.31 ~ p.42
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The roles and professional competencies of health education specialists to improve the community-based health promotion programs
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Kim Young-Bok
Lee Ju-Yul
Koh Kwang-Wook
Park Nam-Soo
Oh Young-A
Yim Eun-Shil
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study may prove to be specializing competencies of the Korean health education specialist for activating community health program and enhancing professionalism of the Korean National Certified Health Education Specialist (KCHES).
Methods: 75 field experts who worked in health education and promotion and 607 health educators who had the KCHES participated in survey for needs on competencies for health education and promotion from August 23 to September 25, 2018.
Results: Enhancing competencies on health education and promotion were health needs assessment, health communication, health education program implementation, health information management, health education program evaluation, and healthy environment building in order of that. Important sub-competencies were empowering, self-management, health counseling & health coaching, communicating, performing programs by health topics, sustaining the programs, health advocacy, setting goals and objectives, promoting health programs, performing the plan in order of that.
Conclusions: To strength the role of KCHES in community-based health promotion programs, it would be enhance the competency for needs assessment, planning, implementation, resource linkage and service coordination, monitoring, health communication, and health care with ICT. In addition, it would suggest the improvement of the KCHES management system to increase efficiency and professionalism on community health programs.
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KEYWORD
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health education specialist, health education and health promotion, community-based programs
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