Health Education Faculty Research Articles

Application of the Role Delineation Project “Framework” to a Professional Preparation Program

ABSTRACT: Using the Framework for the Development of Competency‐based Curricula for Entry Level Health Educators, the health education faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reviewed and modified their under‐graduate health education professional preparation program. Efforts focused on the five steps of preparation and study, review and organization of Framework subcompetencies, organization of Framework subcompetencies into potential courses, placement of objectives for courses, and revision of schedule and sequence for professional preparation courses. The process produced seven core courses to be required of all health education majors. A master list of subcompetencies and objectives also was developed. Faculty perceived several benefits from participating in the project. (J Sch Health 1987;57(4):147–149)

Community Health Education Literature from the Seventies: A Field Practitioner Survey—Part 2

A national sample of community health education practitioners in the United States was surveyed by mail and asked to select five articles published during the 1970's that they would recommend their colleagues read. The study was conducted in late 1979 after a comparable national survey of university health education faculty by Cernada and Chen (International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 1:2 and 2:1). The recommended readings were collected and abstracted, and are presented in annotated bibliographic form. This annotated bibliography follows up on the collection published in Volume 4, Number 4, of the International Quarterly of Community Health Education which covered Community Health Education Policy, Theory, and Social Issues-its focus is on Applied Research, Evaluation, and Case Studies.

Community Health Education Literature from the Seventies: A Field Practitioner Survey

A national sample of community health education practitioners in the United States was surveyed by mail and asked to select five articles published during the 1970's they would recommend that their colleagues read. The study was conducted in late 1979 after a comparable national survey of university health education faculty by Cernada and Chen (International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 1:2 and 2:1). The recommended readings were collected and abstracted, and are presented in annotated bibliographic form. A comparison of practitioner and academic selections is in preparation.

Promotion, Merit and Tenure Decisions for College Health Education Faculty

Promotion, Merit and Tenure Decisions for College Health Education Faculty

Needed: comprehensive profiles of school health educators.

The availability of a large amount of baseline data depicting characteristics and work experiences of health education faculty would be useful in charting future directions of health education. At present, there is a paucity of such information.

Campus health education: the plan, the program and the paradigm.

Abstract This paper describes the planning process, the program implementation, and an innovative evaluation paradigm for a campus-wide health education program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The slow, frustrating planning process which eventually culminated in a feasible program followed a needs assessment of resident freshman. Focusing on the topics of mental health, sexuality, contraceptives, and drug abuse, a series of miniteachings provided an opportunity for volunteer graduate and undergraduate health majors to gain experience and practice their professional skills. Aided by a small grant, the staff of Student Health Services, and some of the health education faculty, health students presented evening programs for the campus dormitories. An evaluation strategy, based on qualitative, causal, and explanatory data, also supplemented by quantitative data, included: a seven-year needs assessment survey, utilization rates of health services, instructors observation checklist forms, non...