The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA.
National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Whitehall, PA, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2024 Jul;25(4):559-568. doi: 10.1177/15248399231184447. Epub 2023 Jul 19.
The National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) created the Category 1 COVID-19 Claim Form Opportunity to document how Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) assisted communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data submitted by CHES/MCHES ( = 3,098 claim forms), the purpose of this study was to (a) describe the settings where CHES and MCHES completed their pandemic work and (b) assess differences in the type of pandemic work completed by CHES compared with MCHES based on specific Areas of Responsibility (AOR) for Health Education Specialists. Findings showed that CHES and MCHES engaged in seven AOR during the pandemic, with the largest proportion of CHES ( = 859; 33%) and MCHES ( = 105; 21.9%, documenting COVID-19-related activities in health departments. CHES reported higher engagement than MCHES in activities such as COVID-19 reporting/tracking, χ (1, = 3,098) = 27.3, < .001; outbreak response, χ (1, = 3,098) = 4.3, = .039; and vaccination, χ (1, = 3,098) = 5.2, = .023. Conversely, MCHES reported higher participation than CHES in screening/testing, χ (1, = 3,098) = 174.2, < .001; administration of budgets/operations, χ (1, = 3,098) = 30.1, < .001; and adapting educational activities at college/universities, χ (1, = 3,098) = 46.1, < .001. CHES were more likely than MCHES to indicate working in all AOR except for Area 2-Plan Health Education/Promotion. Results support that employer-verified health education skills in all AOR were transferable during COVID-19, especially for CHES employed within state/county health departments.
国家健康教育认证委员会（NCHEC）创建了第 1 类 COVID-19 申报单机会，以记录认证健康教育专家（CHES）和硕士认证健康教育专家（MCHES）在 COVID-19 大流行期间如何协助社区。本研究使用 CHES/MCHES 提交的数据（=3098 份申报单），目的是：（a）描述 CHES 和 MCHES 完成其大流行工作的环境；（b）根据健康教育专家的特定责任领域（AOR），评估 CHES 完成的大流行工作类型与 MCHES 完成的工作类型之间的差异。研究结果表明，CHES 和 MCHES 在大流行期间从事了七个 AOR，其中 CHES（=859；33%）和 MCHES（=105；21.9%）最大比例记录了与卫生部门相关的 COVID-19 活动。CHES 报告的活动参与度高于 MCHES，例如 COVID-19 报告/跟踪，χ（1，=3098）=27.3，<.001；疫情应对，χ（1，=3098）=4.3，=.039；疫苗接种，χ（1，=3098）=5.2，=.023。相反，MCHES 报告的筛查/检测参与度高于 CHES，χ（1，=3098）=174.2，<.001；预算/运营管理，χ（1，=3098）=30.1，<.001；以及调整大学/大学的教育活动，χ（1，=3098）=46.1，<.001。CHES 比 MCHES 更有可能表示从事除第 2 区计划健康教育/促进区以外的所有 AOR 工作。结果表明，雇主验证的所有 AOR 的健康教育技能在 COVID-19 期间都是可转移的，特别是在州/县卫生部门工作的 CHES。
