H.1 - Health Careers

- any job or occupation that are related for taking care of our health

- the ones responsible for keeping a clean and sanitary hospitals or therapeutic environment

- hospital maintenance and facility managers

- contributes to the advancement of health care through science and technology

- biomedical chemists, toxicologist, pharmaceutical scientist, biomedical engineers

- includes documentation services, medical record managements, etc.

- hospital units’ coordinators, health info coders, data analysts, administrators, public health educators

- involves the use of technology in the diagnosis of patient

- medical laboratory technologist, ultrasound, x-ray techniques, radiologist

- also called as direct patient care and considered as hands on patient care

- medical specialist attending to patients such as: nurses, care providers, physical therapist, dentist

- addresses health concerns of communities at risk for diseases as well as injuries

- works within a community to improve the overall health of its members

- understanding the unique needs of a discrete ‘community’ as opposed to the individual patient

- typically work for government agencies or large private health organizations, providing educational, and advocacy services to at-risk individuals and groups

- assessing the health needs of the communities

- encourage wellness and inform people about healthy habits

- may create programs and distribute educational materials on topics surrounding health

- government agencies may implement campaigns to encourage people to get vaccinated

- may create incentives to get employees to be more active

- study patterns to determine teh causes of injuries and diseases

- includes assistance or companion to people who need to remain safe and need to go for day-to-day activities

- care giver

- concerns the health of a pregnant woman, childbirth, and the postpartum period

- six weeks after childbirth

- screening period before getting pregnant

- assesses if there are any potential complication of pregnancy in early detection

- recovery from childbirth, newborn care, nutrition, and breastfeeding

- how we act and think logically, affects our decision making

- trained to help patients who have mental and emotional problems and illnesses

- psychologists, psychiatrists, professional counselor, clinical social workers and related specialist.

- professionals who counsel people who have deep emotional problems

- work in hospitals, the criminal justice system, schools, and other institutions

- medical practitioners who diagnose and treat patients who have mental illnesses

- may also treat those who have problems in substance abuse

- assist people with problems related to mental health, and to making family, personal, educational, and career decisions

- persons who help local communities receive health care

- field of science that studies how the environment influences human health and disease

- concerned with all aspects of the natural and manmade environment that may affect human health.

- professionals who do work related to the environment by means of research, outreach and education, environmental cleanups, investigations, and more

- trace and oversee the physical progress of patients as medication are administered

- mental health nursing

- professionals that give pieces of advice for teens and adults that are experiencing drug abuse

- provide solutions for drug abuse-related problems even though they don’t involve in direct patient care

- career that is related in taking care of our diet and nutrition

- field of studying the relationship between health and nutrition

- professionals who help the patient to protect their body against disease by means of natural food nutrients

- involves educating people about health

- teach physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual health

- also known as the paramedics service or rescue or first aid team