Health Q4

• Health Care Provider- a person who helps identify, prevent, or treat an,

  illness or disability
• Allied Health Professionals- a trained healthcare provider practicing under

  supervision of a physician or healthcare practitioner. They include pharmacists, dental

  hygienists, physical therapists and nurses.
• prevention - keep illness or injury from happening
• Disease Prevention and Control -

  People who specialize in this career path focus on communicable and non-communicable

  diseases. Their work includes immunization, screening of newborns, promotion of

  breastfeeding, infant diseases prevention, adolescent healthcare.
• Personal Healthcare -

  Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a

  personal care level. These include monitoring patients;

  administering and assisting in personal care and hygiene;

  performing housekeeping duties; and advising clients on related

  healthcare issues like infant care, hygiene, and nutrition.
• Maternal and Child Care -

  These health workers deal with complex public health issues that affect women, children

  and their families. These include providing information on reproductive health, family planning,

  healthcare of pregnant women and their children, and improvement of health delivery system

  through advocacy, education and research.
• Mental HealthCare -

  These medical professionals specialize in dealing with interpersonal and intrapersonal

  relationships and life skills. These include cognitive and psychosocial development,

  promotion of healthy self-esteem through feelings and anger management and identifying

  warning signs or red flags of learning disorders, such as ADHD, anxiety, mood disorders,

  stress, and bullying.
• Community Healthcare -

  Specialists in this area focus on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the

  health of all community members
• Environmental Healthcare Management -

  These health workers try to establish the correlation between and among the physical,

  chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the surrounding environment. These

  include monitoring the quality of environment and impact of human activities on ecosystems,

  and developing strategies for restoring ecosystems.
• Drug Prevention and Control -

  People whose careers revolve around this area seek to reduce community and

  individual problems related to alcohol and drug abuse through evidence-based programs and

  policy advocacy
• Nutrition -

  Specialists in this area find ways to balance individuals’ food and nutrition and their

  impact on patients’ health. These include meal planning, food preparation and economics.
• Health Education -

  Those who work in this field are tasked with promotion of healthcare and training of

  health workers on managing change in healthcare. Their work involves assessing individual

  and community needs, planning, implementing and evaluating health programs, promoting

  the understanding of various health-related bahaviors plus coordinating health education

  services.
• Dental Health -

  Dental health workers deal with various oral conditions which include chronic mouth and

  facial pain, oral sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay and tooth loss, other diseases

  and disorders that affect the oral cavity, and risk factors for oral diseases which include

  unhealthy diet, tobacco use, harmful alcohol use, and poor oral hygiene.
• Occupational Safety -

  Careers in this path are related to the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in

  work or employment. These include protecting workers from sickness, disease, and injury

  arising from possible hazards of their
• Emergency Medical Services -

  People assigned in this work specialize in out-of-hospital medical care. Their skills

  include first-aid procedures, emergency medical treatment and transport of patients, rapid

  emergency medical response and immediate medical attention
• Audiologist – identifies and rehabilitates hearing impairments and related

  disorders
• Chiropractor - diagnoses and treats neuromuscular disorders, with emphasis on

  treatment through manual adjustment and/or manipulation of the spine.
• Clinical psychologist - assesses, diagnoses, treats and helps prevent mental

  disorders
• Dietitian / Nutritionist - promotes good health through proper diet and treatment

  of diseases
• Emergency Medical Technician – also known as ambulance technician;

  responds quickly to any emergency and life-threatening situation to immediately

  treat serious injuries, physical or mental trauma to increase a patient’s chances of

  survival
• Guidance Counselor - assists students with personal, family, education, and

  career decisions and concerns; also helps them develop job-finding skills and

  other life skills needed to prevent and deal with problems
• Health Educator - specializes in health education and promotes the development

  of health knowledge, life skills, and positive attitudes toward the health and well-

  being of students
• Massage Therapist - performs the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the

  body for the purpose of normalizing those tissues; uses manual techniques that

  include applying fixed or movable pressure on affected parts of the bod
• Medical assistant – performs, under the direction of a physician, various routine

  administrative and nontechnical clinical tasks in hospitals, clinics, and other similar

  facilities
• Medical technologist – performs a variety of tasks on body fluids, froms imple blood tests to more complex tests to uncover abnormalities in the body
• Midwife - professionals with the expertise and skills in helping women maintain healthy pregnancies, assist in or perform childbirth delivery, and help in women’s recovery process through the postpartum period
• Nurse - trained to provide care for people who are sick or injured; monitors patients’ health and records symptoms, assists physicians during examinations

  and treatment, and administers medications.
• Occupational therapist - uses purposeful activity and interventions to maximize

  the independence and health of any client who is limited by physical injury or illness, cognitive impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental illness, or learning

  disability
• Orthotist / Prosthetist – makes and fits prosthetics or artificial parts for the human

  body
• Paramedic - gives emergency medical treatment or assists medical professionals

  in emergency situations
• Pharmacist - prepares and dispenses medication prescribed by licensed health

  professionals; also provides information to patients regarding drugs, and consults

  with healthcare professionals on advances in drugs or medicine
• Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer - healthcare professionals who perform imaging procedures, such as x-ray examinations, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  (MRI) scans and Computed Tomography (CT) scans (health careers.org)
• Physical Therapist - examines, evaluates, and treats physical impairments through use of special exercise, application of heat or cold, and other physical

  modalities
• Speech Language Pathologist - diagnoses and treats patients with functional and organic speech defects and disorder
• Phlebotomist - professionals with special training in phlebotomy or drawing blood from patients
• Radiation therapist - administers radiation therapy services to patients and observes patients during treatment; other duties may include tumor localization,

  patient follow-up, patient education, and record keeping
• Respiratory therapist - specializes in the promotion of optimum cardiopulmonary

  function and health; regularly deals with various chronic respiratory diseases, such

  as asthma and emphysema
• Social Worker - investigates, treats, and gives aid to people with social problems

  and helps people with mental illness, serious health conditions, financial difficulties, substance abuse problems, domestic or child abuse, unwanted pregnancy and other social problems
• Cardiovascular technologist- uses imaging technology to help physicians diagnose patients with cardiac (heart) and peripheral vascular (blood vessel) ailments.
• Clinical Officer- performs general medical duties such as diagnosis and treatment of

  disease and injury, recommendation and interpretation of medical tests, performance of routine medical and surgical procedures, and referral of patients to other

  practitioners.