Roles of Health Education Specialists in Chronic Disease Self-Management

Speakers: Nicolette Powe, DrPH, MS, MCHES®, Kim Trowbridge, MEd, MCHES®, CHC, Tricia Lenhart, and Aditi Deshmukh, BS, BA

Healthy People 2030 focus is on preventing diabetes and heart disease complications by treatment management and disease-specific education. Thus, self-management practices are critical to managing both diabetes and heart diseases to delay serious complications and reduce associated risk factors. There is increasing evidence however that poor adherence to essential self-management behaviors is associated with a greater risk of negative health outcomes for adults. This webinar showcases the roles and responsibilities of health education specialists in chronic disease self-management practices and the new Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Recognizing Health Education Specialists Roles in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management: A Toolkit for Chronic Disease Self-Management Education emphasizing heart disease, diabetes, and obesity self-management practices.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe at least two resources to advance health education specialist role in chronic diseases self-management and advocacy efforts in the field profession. (Area 5.2.5)
2. Describe at least two strategies to expand the roles of health education specialists in chronic disease self-management practices. (Area 8.4.1)