health 4th q

• Occupational Health and Safety - concerned with the health, welfare, and safety of workers or employed people. Occupational physicians, health inspectors, work and organization specialists
• Mental Health Care - trained to boost self-esteem, manage anger, mood disorders, etc. Social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and guidance counselors
• Environmental health - concerned with all aspects of natural and environmental and may affect human health. Environmental health makers, environmental policymakers
• Drug Prevention and Control - controlling and preventing the harmful effects of drug use and abuse. Rehabilitation and enforcement
• Health Promotion - allowing people to receive health updates. Community health workers, and school physician
• Health Education - aim to promote both individual and community health status. Field of education, research, and community health
• Nutrition and Dietetics - provide support to increase public awareness about proper healthy food choice. Food and nutrition management specialists
• Dental Health - promote the improvement of oral health conditions. Dental hygiene, and dental nursing
• Nursing - providing care for the sick. Promotes health and prevent diseases
• Medical Allied Health - group of qualified experts and specials who practice medicine. Neurologists, dermatologists, and pediatrician
• Emergency Medical Services - medical services that provide out-of-hospital medical care. Specializes in providing first aid
• Holistic Wellness - refers to the approach to health and well-being that considers the whole person, physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and socially
• Health Care Career Pathways - refers to a cluster of medical-related professions. This pathways offers a number of different careers
• Drug Prevention and Control - focuses on the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases
• Personal Health Care - provide health care services at a personal level or towards a patient
• Community Health Care - primarily considers the general well-being and health characteristics of a community
• Health - is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not just the absence of disease or infirmity
• Career - an occupation of profession that requires special training
• Health Career - designed to familiarize students with the various careers in the medical profession and allied health services
• Why should we pursue health career?

  • Good salary and job security
  • Do work that interests you
  • Get to work with people
  • Make a difference in the life of others
• Health Care Career Planning - refers to an individual's plan to make a career choice, growing in the chosen career or making a career shift. Career planning involves the very important step of self-assessment.
• Self Assessment - involves personal evaluation of one's own interests in terms of line of work, future aspirations, and strengths in performing tasks.
• Career Exploration - explore different careers and work environments through career fairs, online research, meetings, internships, and even personal interviews with alumni of health-related courses
• Decision Making - evaluate and narrow down your options through listing the pros and cons, comparing your personal strengths and interests, and deciding which careers fulfills both current and future goals.
• Plan of Action - identify strategies and adapt these actions to realize goals. One must also regularly update himself or herself in accomplishing the set of strategies