Answer: Health Education Specialists can be employed in Schools, Public and Community, worksite and healthcare(hospitals)
Explanation: Health Education Specialists can also be referred to as "Health Educators". These specialists can work in Schools by teaching simple health tips like proper handwashing before and after using the toilet, when coming from the playground and before eating. They can also teach students covering of their mouth when coughing or sneezing to prevent spread of micro organisms.
Community- Health Education Specialists can also work for the community by teaching ways to prevent communicable diseases E.g. flu, in which they would teach the importance of covering the mouth while coughing. Also people in the community will be taught on necessary steps to prevent Non communicable diseases such as hypertension. Steps would include reduction of salt intake and daily moderate exercise.
Worksite- Health Education Specialists here would give tips and education on how to stay healthy while working in work sites
Healthcare- Health Education Specialists in the hospital settings give useful educational tips on how to stay safe and healthy depending on one's disease condition.
Health Education Specialists are needed and employed in these four areas. Their work in these areas are quite similar but not exactly the same depending on the environment. For instance, the health education given to students in schools would be quite different from that given in the Out Patient Department of the Cardiology unit in a healthcare setting
