title: Health-related services provided by public health educators.
abstract: This study identifies the health-related services provided by public health educators. The investigators, with the help of practicing public health educators, created the list of health-related services. Respondents received questionnaires in 2001 and 2007. Thus, this study determined the changes in health-related services provided over a 6-year period. Respondents ranked up to five health-related services by the amount of time spent delivering each health-related service. The list of health-related services presented in a 2001 survey and a 2007 survey were identical. As in 2001, this list in the 2007 survey captured the breadth of health-related services provided, with one exception. In 2007, several participants wrote-in "emergency preparedness/bioterrorism." The types of health-related services provided did not change over the 6-year period; however, the ranking of these services did change. Most notably, nutrition education and involvement with physical activity moved up in the ranking in 2007.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. johnsonh@ecu.edu
authors.forename: Hans H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Craig M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D040441:Health Educators; D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D024382:Professional Role; D011634:Public Health; D055815:Young Adult