title: Charting your career path through clear professional values and purpose.
abstract: Clearly articulating one's professional purpose and professional values can clarify career direction as well as provide inspiration and ongoing career motivation for emerging, established, and senior health education professionals. Through examples and exercises, this article provides a method for clarifying and using professional values and purpose statements for health education professionals.
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion and Education Program at the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. hncooper@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Randall R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Cottrell
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction