Comments on: H1N1 http://hedir.org/2009/05/04/h1n1/ Tue, 31 May 2011 14:30:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Cissell http://hedir.org/2009/05/04/h1n1/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Bill Cissell Mon, 11 May 2009 20:03:22 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=400#comment-138 Mark, You may be right, but I have found that many people in the communities in which I have lived and worked view "public" as a word that involves government funding and management. They see "community" as a broader term without the close relationship with government funding and management. Mark,

You may be right, but I have found that many people in the communities in which I have lived and worked view "public" as a word that involves government funding and management. They see "community" as a broader term without the close relationship with government funding and management.

]]> By: Mark J. Kittleson http://hedir.org/2009/05/04/h1n1/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Mark J. Kittleson Tue, 05 May 2009 16:41:31 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=400#comment-137 So are you saying that public health is a term only to be used when referring to an official federal or public agency? I disagree. The term public, like community, is a broad-based term...certainly public agencies (i.e., Health Departments) fall into that arena but so do private agencies (Cancer Society, Red Cross), hospitals, and yes, I even believe that schools are part of the public health overview. As stated in earlier blogs I believe the terms were separated because health education programs outside Schools of Public Health wanted to tread softly with their programs, so they used the term community health instead of public health. Look at the academic training of somebody in community health education and public health education...I don't see the difference. They're trained in the 7 areas and work in similar environments. I'm just proposing that the term community health is limiting and instead we should be using the term public (perhaps it's just a marketing thing but we all know how important making the public know we do). So are you saying that public health is a term only to be used when referring to an official federal or public agency? I disagree. The term public, like community, is a broad-based term…certainly public agencies (i.e., Health Departments) fall into that arena but so do private agencies (Cancer Society, Red Cross), hospitals, and yes, I even believe that schools are part of the public health overview. As stated in earlier blogs I believe the terms were separated because health education programs outside Schools of Public Health wanted to tread softly with their programs, so they used the term community health instead of public health. Look at the academic training of somebody in community health education and public health education…I don't see the difference. They're trained in the 7 areas and work in similar environments. I'm just proposing that the term community health is limiting and instead we should be using the term public (perhaps it's just a marketing thing but we all know how important making the public know we do).

]]> By: Bill Cissell http://hedir.org/2009/05/04/h1n1/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Bill Cissell Tue, 05 May 2009 16:29:39 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=400#comment-136 Mark, I do not believe it is necessary to choose one over the other between the terms community health educator and public health educator. Community healht educators work in the community in entities that are not official public health ones. For example, a helath educator working for a battered woman's center may be providing health education to women and their children. The center is not an offical public health agency. Another example would be a health educator working in a faith-based community organization that helps the impoverished. Again, the organization is not an official health agency. I believe both terms have utility for health educators. Mark,

I do not believe it is necessary to choose one over the other between the terms community health educator and public health educator. Community healht educators work in the community in entities that are not official public health ones. For example, a helath educator working for a battered woman's center may be providing health education to women and their children. The center is not an offical public health agency. Another example would be a health educator working in a faith-based community organization that helps the impoverished. Again, the organization is not an official health agency. I believe both terms have utility for health educators.

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