Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify health promotion information requirements.
- Source and access information on physical activity and health promotion information relevant to the fitness industry.
- Discuss/explain how understanding of health promotion strategies contribute to decreased risk factors and prevention of chronic disease.
- Identify current and emerging knowledge of health promotion relevant to development of own professional practice.
- Identify specific issues relating to health problems of target groups and suggest strategies to address issues.
- Plan educational activities.
- Locate relevant available promotion and prevention resources.
- Recognise and support the importance of access and equity in provision of physical activity initiatives.
- Plan multifaceted educational activities including healthy lifestyle education and skill building according to needs of target group.
- Incorporate educational activities into own professional practice.
- Assess ways in which health promotion and education activities may be used, adapted or challenged in instruction and provision of fitness advice.
- Work collaboratively with clients, team members and relevant partners to implement effective health promotion activities.
- Conduct health promotion and education activities that directly affect reduction of risk factors and prevention of chronic disease.
- Provide client support materials and access to relevant information to improve health status.
- Ensure health promotion and education activities support clients to take a self-care approach to health in line with individual needs.
- Maintain and update knowledge of health promotion.
- Identify health promotion information requirements.
- Source and access information on physical activity and health promotion information relevant to the fitness industry.
- Discuss/explain how understanding of health promotion strategies contribute to decreased risk factors and prevention of chronic disease.
- Identify current and emerging knowledge of health promotion relevant to development of own professional practice.
- Identify specific issues relating to health problems of target groups and suggest strategies to address issues.
- Plan educational activities.
- Incorporate educational activities into own professional practice.
- Assess ways in which health promotion and education activities may be used, adapted or challenged in instruction and provision of fitness advice.
- Work collaboratively with clients, team members and relevant partners to implement effective health promotion activities.
- Conduct health promotion and education activities that directly affect reduction of risk factors and prevention of chronic disease.
- Provide client support materials and access to relevant information to improve health status.
- Ensure health promotion and education activities support clients to take a self-care approach to health in line with individual needs.
- Maintain and update knowledge of health promotion.