What does a health interventionist mean?

Health interventionist refers to professionals who engage in health intervention and health education in medical institutions, medical and health care institutions, community health service centers and other places. The main work is to transmit health knowledge to the public and provide scientific health guidance through health promotion, health education and health testing, so as to achieve the purpose of promoting people's health.

The work of health interventionists includes the prevention and management of various chronic diseases, infectious diseases and other health problems, such as reasonable diet, exercise, quitting smoking and preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In addition, it also includes making individual health intervention plan, evaluating health level and promoting healthy community construction.

As one of the important links to protect people's health, health interventionists have high professional requirements, rich experience and great responsibilities. In order to better serve the public, people engaged in this profession should have good health knowledge background, professional skills and social skills, and pay more attention to continuous exploration, learning and innovation in practice, so as to contribute to the health of more people.