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Preventive services incorporate the job-specific health careers core standards with didactic, laboratory,
and clinical competencies for the various preventive occupations. Students completing course work in
preventive services are prepared to support client well-being and promote efforts aimed at disease
prevention and health maintenance. Workplace learning experiences may occur in outpatient and other
community settings.
Community Health Services Standard 1:
Students will understand how cultural background, ethnicity, and limited resources impact individual
access to health care services. They will perform outreach activities and referral services to provide
preventive health education, primary care, and behavioral health services to identified clients.
Examples of the types of work students should be able to do to meet the standard:
- Students complete a survey of the community to determine ethnic distribution of the citizens.
- Students prepare and present a report on different health habits and health care beliefs specific to
the three most common ethnic groups in the community.
Community Support Services Standard 2:
Students will understand the various support services provided in the community. They will assist with
providing these services in promoting wellness and improving the health status of the community through
other nongovernment agencies.
Examples of the types of work students should be able to do to meet the standard:
- Students locate community health care agencies and describe the services each provides.
- Students prepare a plan for informing various groups of the availability of services with instructions
on how to access the services.
- Students select a specific site for a workplace interning experience and assist with preparation of
the interning task list.
Samples of specific activities or tasks that give students the opportunity to demonstrate that they can
meet the standard:
- Students survey the community to determine the need for preventive health care services. They prepare a
report describing the results of the survey and match the need to the available services. They then
prepare a plan for establishing the services that are not available in the community, justify the need
for the services, and recommend the types of health care facility and personnel that will be needed to
provide the service(s). Included in the plan will be strategies for seeking resources, recruiting staff,
and notifying those needing the service(s) of their availability.
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