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Patient Education/Health Education

A great thread of discussion on the HEDIR during April 28.  Here is the discussion: Laurie Schott <lschott2@gmail.com> Apr 28 01:54PM -0400 ^ Does anyone have any information on using CHES as patient educators vs. nurses? My supervisor is limiting my involvement with patients due to my non clinical background. – Laurie Schott, MPH, CPH, [...]

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The Role of Health Education

Great threads of discussion on the HEDIR regarding the role of Health Education.  Read through and feel free to comment. “Watson, Tyler” Feb 17 01:02PM -0700 ^ Hello my fellow compassionate service workers… I have been thinking seriously the last few weeks about something and I would like your input. Healthcare costs are continuing to [...]

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National Health Education Week-Monday

Dear Health Education Community: As we begin the first day of the awareness campaign I would like to ask the new and the returning health educator the following question: 1.  Do you see yourself as a primary preventionist and how could “health education” be cost effective in the new healthcare reform bill passed last year? [...]

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A Long Hiatus

Folks, We’ve been trying to make the HEDIR page more user-friendly and in that effort we’ve ignored the blog.  So starting today I’ll start making a concerted effort to contribute.  If you’ve been following the HEDIR, there has been a major discussion on the role of CHES and its importance/relevance, licensure of health educators and [...]

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H1N1

Unless one has been in hiding the last week no doubt you have been inundated with information regarding the H1N1 flu virus that has been seen in various pockets of the U.S. It seems like every day there is a more information, but as of this writing it appears (and not that the emphasis is [...]

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