Health coach vs community health educator

Differences between health coach and community health educator duties and responsibilities

Health coach example responsibilities.

• Participate in workshops and offer lectures on various health topics, aim toward prevention and management of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
• Motivate staff to participate in lunch time yoga and strength training exercises as well as cooking demos and office nutrition trivia.
• Promote, educate and assist individuals in health management including diabetes management, nutrition, stress management and tobacco cessation.
• Obtain CPR certification before the summer program begin.
• Maintain and control all hippa-relate patient documentation via EMR.
• Perform all job duties in compliance with HIPAA guidelines and company confidentiality policies.
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Community health educator example responsibilities.

• Engage with members' telephonically, using motivational interviewing techniques to assist members' in achieving their health goals.
• Educate low-income populations as to proper nutrition on a budget in an effort to reduce diabetes and obesity rates.
• Educate local community via verbal presentations on nutrition guidelines and neonatal screenings by creating PowerPoint presentations and visual aids.
• Provide case management of enrollee participation to ensure completion of schedule mammograms and cervical testing.