Community Health Education Methods: A Practitioner's Guide

The strength of Community Health Education Methods: A Practitioner's Guide is that the chapters are written by and for health education practitioners from a real-world perspective. Each chapter is full of useful and practical information that can be easily applied to real health education situations. In addition, each chapter follows a similar format, which includes insight, practical steps, techniques for success, and tips for overcoming barriers. This text prepares readers to learn and think like a health education practitioner. This book provides numerous methods for health educators This book is designed to provide health educators with step-by-step processes with implementing health education methods. All chapters are written for local health educators by local health educators. Chapters include: Community health assessment and improvement, Buidling coalitions, Conducting focus groups, Facilitating meetings, Community empowerment, Presentation skills, Marketing and public relations, Media advocacy, Legislative involvement and action, Media and advocacy skills, Printed educational materials, grant writing, Using technology, and Promoting multicultural diversity. The future of local public health education. This book is a MUST for anyone who is on the front line of health education!