Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities: Health educators teach people about behaviors that promote wellness. They develop and implement strategies to improve the health of individuals and communities. Community health workers collect data and discuss health concerns with members of specific populations or communities. They collect data and discuss health concerns with members of specific populations or communities. Although the two occupations often work together, responsibilities of health educators and community health workers are distinct.

Salary: $48,790

Education: Health educators need a bachelor’s degree. Many employers require the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) credential. Requirements for community health workers vary, although they typically have at least a high school diploma and must complete a brief period of on-the-job training. Some states have certification programs for community health workers.

Reflection:  Health educators seems like a fascinating career. But I personality would rather do this as my hobby because not only will I be helping others to have a good diet and eat better but I will also be informing myself about things I can do to stay healthy. The pay does not seem so good either and it took quiet some time to get it raised up because in the last two years it used to be a thousand dollars less than what it is right now.

 

                      Rachel Castillo

               
                        
                     
                                 It's amazing to know that there are still good people out in the world willing to always do the right thing. Rachel Castillo found more than $36,000 in a bench with a ID inside of a 76 year old man. Instead of taking that money and using it to pay rent or buy herself a new car what she ended up doing was reporting it to the police office. Even though the young lady didn't get any reward for turning the money she said that the reward will come from a grader power. People that think in that sort of way always turn out to be good because they always choose to do the right thing. Rachel is a great example to what people should do and not listen to there own needs. Doing the right thing will never bring bad things. Even if you feel that you might regret doing the right thing like for example returning the money you need to realize that that person might need it more than you do and that at the end you will feel so much better because without even realizing it you might have changed a person life in returning the money back. 

                           Student Success Statement
  
    " Ask yourself is it right or wrong and act accordingly."

  

                                                     Otto Graham, Jr


                          It all depends in what way you are using accordingly. Some people might use accordingly in other ways for example the law. According to the law you should not make bad decisions or there will be consequences. Or according to your mom you can't be out late at night because something bad can happen to you. But it can also be switched into something bad what if you do a mistake and you tell the person who caught you doing something wrong that according to your friend it was ok for you to do that. Sometimes our parents might teach us a few things that are not according correct that's why you should be more wiser and understand that every decision you should consider no matter who the advice might be coming from.

                         Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:Most health information management specialists focus on patient security or privacy, coding or records administration. Many professionals are employed by hospitals, where they work with patient care data and ensure proper insurance payment reimbursement, the accuracy of data for public health records and the security of patients' electronic health records information. Other professionals may work for government agencies, insurance companies or other health care facilities.

Salary:$37,710 

Education: In order to find an entry-level position, aspiring health information management specialists need to be familiar with basic medical vocabulary and insurance coding techniques. Most employers hire candidates that have earned an associate's degree in health information management. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008 there were over 200 schools in the United States accredited to offer such a program through the Commission for Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education. Courses in these programs focus on topics that include medical terminology, anatomy, medical coding, statistics and database security.

Reflection:  Learning about your health and the good benefits it can bring you if you keep a nice diet can only cause you nothing but good things. Becoming a health information specialist is not something I would want to do as a living. Maybe as a hobby to relax or to spend my time but not for a full on career. Even though money might not be everything it's still a very low rate to get paid and by all the learning you have to do it's not enough. Health information specialist is something I would do as a hobby but not career.

               Honorable Little Boy 

            
                     In an ordinary kind of day a soldier was in a market buying groceries. What the soldier didn't know was that that day was going to change his life. A little boy walked in the store happy as ever because he had just found a twenty dollar bill on the parking lot. Like any other little kid you would think that he would go on and waste the twenty dollar bill but this little boy was different. He signed a little note and gave the twenty dollars to the soldier. When the soldier read the little note he was touched in what the little boy had wrote. The little boy thanked the soldier for the serves he had done to our country and gave him the twenty dollars because he wanted to help him out. The father of the little boy was a soldier but got killed in vietnam that's why the little boy showed so much respect for that soldier. The little boy never met his father but he pictured him as a wonderful caring man and even though he was not able to watch his little boy grow up. Im sure from up above he is watching all the good things his little boy is making and that hopefully people start following his steps. 

                         Student Success Statement 



                                       " Act well your part; there all honor lies."

                                                     
                                              Alexander Pope

          Always try to be the best you can be. People look up to a person whenever they're known to be honest, truthful and hard working. Everything all falls into place whenever you have yourself together. Or even if you have made a mistake if you step up and say the truth and that you are sorry that deserves respect. It shows more honor in you because you were willing to man up to your mistakes.

                   Environmental Health Specialist

                

 Duties and Responsibilities: A Registered Environmental Health Specialist administers environmental and health programs for both public and private agencies and organizations in food protection and safety, water protection, air quality, noise, industrial and land pollution, sewage disposal, hazardous and toxic substances, solid waste management, and institutional health. In general, a Registered Environmental Health Specialist is employed by a local health agency, an individual municipal local health agency, a regional health commission, or a county health department.  Alternative, some individuals are employed by the Food and Drug Administration, the US Department of Agriculture, or private consulting companies, or private food concerns.

Salary:$51,000 -$75,000

Education: Have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university which is recognized by the Commission on Higher Education in a program accredited.The degree must include a minimum of 32 credit hours in biology, chemistry, physics and/or environmental sciences and mathematics. In addition to the course requirements, satisfactorily complete 200 hours of a structured field training program with a local health agency which is recognized by the Department of Health . This training must also include 40 hours of training with a New Jersey Department of Health Registered Environmental Health Specialist and must include such activities as inspection of wholesale food establishments, campgrounds, institutions, etc.

Reflection: Being an Environmental Health Specialist sound interesting but it's not something that I would like to major in because the main education requirements are biology, chemistry, physics and math. Things I'm not good at and wouldn't want to study. Other than that it seems like a good paying job but not something I see myself doing for a couple of years. If maybe what you had to major might change I would like to do it considering I love nature.