Transcript ESSENTIAL SERVICE 3: Inform, Educate, and Empower Individuals and Communities About Health Issues CLARK AND DUBOIS COUNTIES.

ESSENTIAL SERVICE 3:
Inform, Educate, and Empower
Individuals and Communities
About Health Issues
CLARK AND DUBOIS COUNTIES
T HE 10 E SSENTIAL S ERVICES
Essential
Service 3
E SSENTIAL S ERVICE 3
I N “P LAIN E NGLISH ”
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HEALTH INFORMATION
INFORM
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HEALTH EDUCATION
EDUCATE
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HEALTH PROMOTION
EMPOWER
W HAT D OES I T M EAN F OR U S TO
I NFORM , E DUCATE , AND E MPOWER ?
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We provide the public, local government, and our
partners with information on community health
status and health needs in our county.
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We make recommendations on policies and
programs that can improve health in our county.
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We plan, conduct and evaluate health education and
health promotion activities to increase knowledge,
change attitudes, and decrease negative behavior.
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We work in collaboration with our partners on health
education and promotion activities to promote
health living.
I NFORMING , E DUCATING , AND
E MPOWERING M EANS ………..
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Creating customer-focused and science-based
strategies for health education and promotion.
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Promoting the health of our diverse and changing
population.
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Responding to current public health issues based on
best evidence and best practices (H1N1).
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Helping people make healthy choices across the
lifespan.
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Maintaining strong relationships with our partners to
carry out our activities.
E SSENTIAL S ERVICE 3
M ODEL S TANDARDS
M ODEL S TANDARD 3.1
Health Education and Promotion
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Provides the public, policymakers, and stakeholders with
information on community health status and health needs
in the community, as well as information on policies and
programs that can improve community health.
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Plans, conducts, and evaluates targeted health education
and health promotion activities to develop and enhance
knowledge and attitudes and assist in lowering risk or
changing negative behaviors.
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Works with other entities within the system on health
education and health promotion activities that facilitate
healthy living in healthy communities.
M ODEL S TANDARD 3.2
Health Communication
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Develops health communication plans addressing
media and public relations, as well as guidelines for
sharing information among stakeholders.
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Utilizes relationships with media channels (e.g., print,
radio, television, Internet) to share health information
with general and targeted audiences.
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Identifies and trains spokespersons on public health
issues.
M ODEL S TANDARD 3.3
Risk Communication
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Develops an emergency communications plan to
effectively create and disseminate materials for each
stage of a crisis according to recognized theories and
methods.
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Ensures adequate resources to enable a rapid
emergency communications response.
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Provides crisis and emergency communications
training for employees and establishes protocols for
the dissemination of public information and
instructions during a public health emergency.
H OW
DO YOU PROVIDE THE PUBLIC
AND POLICYMAKERS INFORMATION ON
HEALTH NEEDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY ?
H OW
DO YOU IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO VULNERABLE AND
INCREASED RISK POPULATIONS ?
H OW
DO YOU EVALUATE THE
APPROPRIATENESS , QUALITY AND
EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR EDUCATION
ACTIVITIES ?
IN
THE PAST YEAR , WHAT HEALTH
PROMOTION ACTIVITIES HAVE YOU
IMPLEMENTED ?
DO
YOU HAVE COLLABORATIVE
NETWORKS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION IN
YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM ?
W HAT A RE YOUR S TRATEGIES FOR
R EDUNDANT C OMMUNICATION ?
W HO IS YOUR P UBLIC
I NFORMATION O FFICER (PIO)?
A RE YOU REGISTERED ON I NDIANA
H EALTH A LERT N ETWORK (IHAN)?