Special Programs

Health Education Department

The Health Education Department offers individual and group educational sessions on family planning, prenatal, chronic disease and adolescent health topics. Health educators seek to motivate and assist patients to maintain and improve their health, enabling them to develop the skills and attitudes necessary for health-related problem solving and informed decision-making. Health educators may also teach patients about medical procedures, operations, services and medications or offer educational presentations to community and school organizations.

Health educators promote self-care and encourage patients to use medical and social services wisely. They also assist patients by improving patient participation in clinical processes, and educate individuals to protect, promote, or maintain their health and reduce risky behaviors. By focusing on prevention, health education reduces the financial and human costs that our community would spend on medical treatment.

The health educators at People’s Community Clinic frequently work with other Clinic providers to enhance the quality of care provided to patients. For example, health educators might be found working with our Chronic Disease Management Program to aid patients in learning about their illness and the medical care and lifestyle choices best suited for this chronic condition. Health educators might also be found in the community working on outreach.

For information on volunteering with Health Education, please see our Volunteer Page.