Price James H, Akpanudo Sutoidem, Dake Joseph A, Telljohann Susan K
Department of Public Health, University of Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2004 Mar-Apr;10(2):156-63. doi: 10.1097/00124784-200403000-00010.
The objective of the study described in this article was to determine the perceived continuing-education needs of employed public health educators. A three-wave mailing of a questionnaire was sent to a national sample of 500 public health educators who were asked to rate their preparation on 41 subcompetencies. Of 299 returned surveys (63%), 149 indicated that they were not currently practicing public health educators. Thus, analysis was based on 150 respondents. Six subcompetencies were perceived by 25% or more of the respondents as topics in which they needed more training. Health educators reported a need for continuing education, focused primarily on administration and evaluation of programs and applying appropriate research principles. Furthermore, the public health educators overwhelmingly preferred to attend a conference or workshop (85%) as their method of obtaining further continuing education. Health education programs and professional organizations need to take note of the identified continuing-education needs when developing future educational programs to adequately update health educators.
本文所述研究的目的是确定在职公共卫生教育工作者所意识到的继续教育需求。向全国范围内抽取的500名公共卫生教育工作者邮寄了一份问卷，并分三轮进行，要求他们对自己在41项子能力方面的准备情况进行评分。在299份回收的调查问卷（63%）中，有149份表明他们目前并非从事公共卫生教育工作。因此，分析基于150名受访者。超过25%的受访者认为六项子能力是他们需要更多培训的主题。健康教育工作者报告称需要继续教育，主要集中在项目的管理与评估以及应用适当的研究原则方面。此外，绝大多数公共卫生教育工作者更倾向于参加会议或研讨会（85%）作为获取进一步继续教育的方式。健康教育项目和专业组织在制定未来教育项目以充分更新健康教育工作者的知识时，需要关注已确定的继续教育需求。
