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Chapter 6

1. Credentialing- A process whereby an individual or a professional preparation

program meets specic standards.

Certication- a process by which a professional organization grants recognition to

an individual who, upon completion of a competency-based curriculum, candemonstrate a predetermined standard of performance

icensure- !here an agency or government grants permission to individuals to

practice a given profession by certifying that those licensed have attained specic

standards of competence

Accreditation- A recognized professional body evaluates an entire college or

university professional preparation program

Certication only applies to an individual, Accreditation evaluates a college or

university program, icensure gives permission to practice a profession.

". #he formation of the $ational #as% &orce on the preparation and practice of'ealth (ducators and the $ational Commission for 'ealth (ducation Credentialing,

)nc. Competencies *pdate +roect helped direct the curriculum of health

educationpromotion professional programs in the * and was essentially the basis

of the C'( e/am from "00-"010.

2. +rocess s%ills, because if you have most or all of the s%ills listed in details

then the health content will get out there. #hese s%ills were li%ely developed so that

health content could reach a greater audience. #he health content pretty much

spea%s for itself so these s%ills need to be developed so that a wider audience can

get this information. ) believe the profession has moved in this direction because of

all the new technology available around the world. #he internet is literally shrin%ing

the size of the world so this is why they are more s%ill focused now. '(3A "010showed that the health educationpromotion profession has carefully reviewed the

competencies of a health education specialist as the areas of responsibility

remained essentially the same with minor word changes.

4. Attending conferences and wor%shops.

. 5asters of cience 7589 more scienticresearch orientated

5asters of Arts 75A8 and 5asters of (ducation9 more practitioner orientated

5asters of +ublic 'ealth 75+'89 public health

5asters of cience in +ublic 'ealth 75+'89 public health but more research based

6. 'ealth professionals need to have basic %nowledge on 5icrosoft o:ce, using

a search engine, using databases, evaluating health information on the web, email

eti;uette, digital photography and use of scanners. <raduate awards usually pay all

or some of graduate tuition fees and e/penses, usually provide a stipend for living

e/penses and usually provide wor% e/perience which loo%s good on resumes.

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=. !hen applying to graduate school, you have to loo% at the schools

reputation, visit the school, research what degrees are o>ered, research admission

re;uirements, maintain a good undergraduate gpa, ta%e any re;uired standardized

tests for the graduate program, get letters of recommendation and application

forms.