Health Promotion and Education Services
Health Education...Making the Health Connection
"The focus of health education is on people and action. In general, its aims are to encourage people to adopt and sustain healthful life patterns, to use judiciously and wisely the health services available to them, and to make their own decisions, both individually and collectively, to improve their health status and environment." -- World Health Organization
Mission Statement
Health Promotion and Education Services is a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals who educate, facilitate, advocate and collaborate to motivate all members of the Orange County community to achieve safe and healthy lifestyles.
Common Roles and Responsibilities:
- Assessment and data collection
- Communication of health information
- Community engagement and collaboration
- Counseling and consultation
- Liaison to task force and coalitions
- Media facilitation
- Precepting students
- Program planning and evaluation
- Resource development and grant writing
- Social marketing
- Staff development and training
Current Programs
Health Promoter/Health Ambassador Leadership Project
Healthy Carolinians of Orange County
Immigrant and Refugee Health Program
Youth Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Health Promotion and Education Services Team
Donna King, MPH - Director, Health Promotion and Education Services
Susan Clifford, MSW, MPH - Immigrant and Refugee Health Program Manager
Pamela Diggs, MPH - Senior Public Health Educator/Health Promotion Coordinator
Deborah Hamlin-Aggrey, MPH, CHES - Senior Public Health Educator/Child Care Health Consultant
Renee Kemske, MPH, RD, LDN - Nutrition Program Manager
Iole Nall, Medical Interpreter/Translator (Spanish)
Nidhi Sachdeva, MPH, CHES - Senior Public Health Educator/Healthy Carolinians
Candice Watkins Robinson, MA - Senior Public Health Educator/Health Communication
Resource Links
National Health Observances: http://www.health.gov/nhic