Health Education Professional

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Code of Ethics for the Health Education Profession

The Health Education profession is dedicated to excellence in the practice of promoting individual, patient, family, organizational, and community health. Health Education Officer are responsible for upholding the integrity and ethics of the profession as they face the daily challenges of making decisions.

By acknowledging the value of diversity in society and embracing a cross-cultural approach, Health Education Officer support the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of all people. The Code of Ethics provides a framework of shared values within which Health Education is practice. The Code of Ethics is grounded in fundamental ethical principles that underlie all health care services: respect for autonomy, promotion of social justice, evidence based intervention and avoidance of harm. The responsibility of each Health Education Officer is to aspire to the highest possible standards of conduct and to encourage the ethical behavior of all those with whom they work. Regardless of job title, professional affiliation, work setting, or population served, Health Education Officer abides by these guidelines when making professional decisions.

Article I: Responsibility to the Public
A Health Education Officer's ultimate responsibility is to educate people for the purpose of promoting, maintaining, and improving individual, patient, family, and community health. When a conflict of issues arises among individuals, groups, organizations, agencies, or institutions, Health Education Officer must consider all issues and give priority to those that promote wellness and quality of living through principles of self-determination and freedom of choice for the individual.

Section 1: Health Education Officer support the right of individuals to make informed decisions regarding health, as long as such decisions pose no threat to the health of others.
Section 2: Health Education Officer encourages actions, health and social policies that support and facilitate the best balance of benefits over harm for all affected parties.
Section 3: Health Education Officer accurately communicate the potential benefits and consequences of the services and programs with which they are associated.
Section 4: Health Education Officer accepts the responsibility to act on issues that can adversely affect the health of individuals, patient, families, and communities.
Section 5: Health Education Officer is truthful about their qualifications and the limitations of their expertise and provides services consistent with their competencies.
Section 6: Health Education Officer respect and protects the privacy and dignity of individuals.
Section 7: Health Education Officer actively involves individuals, patients, families, and communities in the entire educational process so that all aspects of the process are clearly conveyed and understood by those who may be affected.
Section 8: Health Education Officer respect and acknowledge the rights of others to hold diverse norms, religious, ethnics, belief, cultural values, attitudes, and opinions.
Section 9: Health Education Officer provides services equitably to all people.

Article II: Responsibility to the Profession
Health Education Officer is responsible for their professional behavior, for the reputation of their profession, and for promoting ethical conduct among their colleagues

Section 1: Health Education Officer maintain, improve, and expand their professional competence through continue professional development (CPD) issues related to the health of the public.
Section 2: Health Education Officer model and encourage nondiscriminatory standards of behavior in their interactions with others.
Section 3: Health Education Officer encourages and accepts responsible critical discussion to protect and enhance the profession.
Section 4: Health Education Officer contributes to the development of the profession by sharing the processes and outcomes of their work.
Section 5: Health Education Officer is aware of possible professional conflicts of interest, exercise integrity in conflict situations, and do not manipulate or violate the rights of others.
Section 6: Health Education Officer gives appropriate recognition to others for their professional contributions and achievements

 

Article III: Responsibility to Employers
Health Education Officer recognizes the boundaries of their professional competence and are accountable for their professional activities and actions.

Section 1: Health Education Officer maintains competence in their areas of professional practice.
Section 2: Health Education Officer accurately represents their qualifications and the qualifications of others whom they work with.
Section 3: Health Education Officer use appropriate standards, theories, and guidelines as criteria when carrying out their professional responsibilities.
Section 4: Health Education Officer anticipates and discloses competing commitments, conflicts of interest, and endorsement of products.
Section 5: Health Education Officer openly communicates to employers, expectations of job-related assignments that conflict with their professional ethics.

 

Article IV: Responsibility in the Delivery of Health Education
Health Education Officer promotes integrity in the delivery of health education. They respect the rights, dignity, confidentiality, and worth of all people by adapting strategies and methods to the needs of diverse communities and populations.

Section 1: Health Education Officer is sensitive to social and cultural diversity and is in accord with the laws, when planning and implementing programs.
Section 2: Health Education Officer are informed of the latest advances in theory, research, and practice, and use strategies and methods that are grounded in and contribute to development of professional standards, theories, guidelines, statistics, and experience.
Section 3: Health Education Officer is committed to rigorous evaluation of both program effectiveness and the methods used to achieve results.
Section 4: Health Education Officer empowers individuals to adopt and practice healthy lifestyles through informed choice rather than by coercion or intimidation.
Section 5: Health Education Officer communicates the potential outcomes of proposed services, strategies, and pending decisions to all individuals who will be affected.

 

Article V: Responsibility in Research and Evaluation
Health Education Officer contributes to the health of the population and to the profession through research and evaluation activities. When planning and conducting research or evaluation, Health Education Officer do so in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations, organizational and institutional policies, and professional standards.

Section 1: Health Education Officer support principles and practices of research and evaluation that do no harm to individuals, groups, society, or the environment.
Section 2: Health Education Officer ensures that participation in research is voluntary and is based upon the informed consent of the participants.
Section 3: Health Education Officer respects the privacy, rights, and dignity of research participants, and honor commitments made to those participants.
Section 4: Health Education Officer treats all information obtained from participants as confidential unless otherwise required by law.
Section 5: Health Education Officer takes credit, including authorship, only for work they have actually performed and give credit to the contributions of others.
Section 6: Health Education Officer who serves as research or evaluation consultants discuss their results only with those to whom they are providing service, unless maintaining such confidentiality would jeopardize the health or safety of others.
Section 7: Health Education Officer reports the results of their research and evaluation objectively, accurately, and in a timely fashion.

 

Article VI: Responsibility in Professional Preparation
Those involved in the preparation and training of Health Education Officer have an obligation to accord learners the same respect and treatment given other groups by providing quality education that benefits the profession and the public.

Section 1: Health Education Officer select students for professional preparation programs based upon equal opportunity for all, and the individuals academic performance, abilities, and potential contribution to the profession and the public's health.
Section 2: Health Education Officer strives to make the educational environment and culture conducive to the health of all involved, and all forms of discrimination.
Section 3: Health Education Officer involved in professional preparation and professional development engage in careful preparation; present material that is accurate, up-to-date, and timely; provide reasonable and timely feedback; state clear and reasonable expectations; and conduct fair assessments and evaluations of learners.
Section 4: Health Education Officer provides objective and accurate counseling to learners about career opportunities, development, and advancement.
Section 5: Health Education Officer provides adequate supervision and meaningful opportunities for the professional development of learners.

 

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