Posted: March 7th, 2013

This assignment relates to health educators’ Area of Responsibility 1: Assess Individual and Community Needs for Health Education; specifically, the ability to access existing health-related data and learn how to collect health-related data.

Why does a good health educator conduct a needs assessment before planning a health education program?
Do you think primary data is more important to collect than secondary data? Please explain — support your statements with examples from the literature.
What are the four phases of community assessment described in the Escoffery, Miner, & Trowbridge (2004) article? Please identify and briefly describe each phase.
In one paragraph, summarize how this assignment has helped you in developing proficiency in the Health Education areas of responsibility. Be specific in mentioning the area and its associated competencies.