# Instruct individuals and groups on ways to preserve health and prevent disease.

*/Tasks/Instruct_individuals_and_groups_on_ways_to_preserve_health_and_prevent_disease.*

Instruct individuals and groups on ways to preserve health and prevent disease.

## Boundary Of Firm

**Outsourced To**:
- [Public Health Nonprofit](/CompanyTypes/Public_Health_Nonprofit)
- [Corporate Wellness Provider](/CompanyTypes/Corporate_Wellness_Provider)
**Automatability**: augmented
**Routing Summary**:
- Firms with a population-health mandate keep this in-house under a community-health or wellness department staffed by health educators and public-health nurses.
- Employers and small clinics typically buy it from public-health nonprofits or corporate wellness providers rather than staffing educators directly.
- Standardized education content and reminders run on health-education and patient-engagement platforms, but the trusted advising and group facilitation stay with a person.
**Delivered By Role**:
- [Health Educator](/Tasks/Instruct_individuals_and_groups_on_ways_to_preserve_health_and_prevent_disease./JobTypes/Health_Educator)
- [Community Health Worker](/Tasks/Instruct_individuals_and_groups_on_ways_to_preserve_health_and_prevent_disease./JobTypes/Community_Health_Worker)
- [Public Health Nurse](/Tasks/Instruct_individuals_and_groups_on_ways_to_preserve_health_and_prevent_disease./JobTypes/Public_Health_Nurse)
**Asset Specificity**: general
**Automated By Action**:
- [Deliver Health Education Module](/Action/Deliver_Health_Education_Module)
- [Generate Personalized Prevention Plan](/Action/Generate_Personalized_Prevention_Plan)
**Automated By Software**:
- [Health Education Platform](/Software/Health_Education_Platform)
- [Patient Engagement System](/Software/Patient_Engagement_System)
**Delivered By Department**:
- [Community Health Department](/Tasks/Instruct_individuals_and_groups_on_ways_to_preserve_health_and_prevent_disease./Departments/Community_Health_Department)
- [Wellness and Prevention](/Tasks/Instruct_individuals_and_groups_on_ways_to_preserve_health_and_prevent_disease./Departments/Wellness_and_Prevention)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.](/Activities/Provide_health_and_wellness_advice_to_patients,_program_participants,_or_caregivers.) — parent · Activities

### Siblings

- [Provide individual support or counseling in general wellness or nutrition.](/Tasks/Provide_individual_support_or_counseling_in_general_wellness_or_nutrition.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Educate patients about maintenance and promotion of healthy vision.](/Tasks/Educate_patients_about_maintenance_and_promotion_of_healthy_vision.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Provide education and counseling on illness and injury prevention.](/Tasks/Provide_education_and_counseling_on_illness_and_injury_prevention.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Provide, or refer patients to other providers for, education or counseling on topics such as genetic...](/Tasks/Provide,_or_refer_patients_to_other_providers_for,_education_or_counseling_on_topics_such_as_genetic...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Counsel women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy.](/Tasks/Counsel_women_regarding_the_nutritional_requirements_of_pregnancy.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Recommend the use of vitamin and mineral supplements to enhance the health of patients and children.](/Tasks/Recommend_the_use_of_vitamin_and_mineral_supplements_to_enhance_the_health_of_patients_and_children.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks.](/Tasks/Recommend_interventions_to_modify_behavior_associated_with_health_risks.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.](/Tasks/Advise_patients_about_therapeutic_exercise_and_nutritional_medicine_regimens.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interco...](/Tasks/Educate_patients_and_family_members_regarding_prenatal,_intrapartum,_postpartum,_newborn,_or_interco...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, general care, medical conditions, or trea...](/Tasks/Advise_animal_owners_regarding_sanitary_measures,_feeding,_general_care,_medical_conditions,_or_trea...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or...](/Tasks/Provide_clinical_services_or_health_education_to_improve_and_maintain_the_oral_health_of_patients_or...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Recommend methods to increase lifestyle physical activity.](/Tasks/Recommend_methods_to_increase_lifestyle_physical_activity.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Answer questions that patients have about their health and well-being.](/Tasks/Answer_questions_that_patients_have_about_their_health_and_well-being.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and...](/Tasks/Advise_patients_and_their_families_on_nutritional_principles,_dietary_plans,_diet_modifications,_and...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutritio...](/Tasks/Counsel_individuals_and_groups_on_basic_rules_of_good_nutrition,_healthy_eating_habits,_and_nutritio...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabili...](/Tasks/Recommend_changes_in_patients'_work_or_living_environments,_consistent_with_their_needs_and_capabili...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Counsel and encourage patients to develop leisure activities.](/Tasks/Counsel_and_encourage_patients_to_develop_leisure_activities.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Instruct and counsel patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, ...](/Tasks/Instruct_and_counsel_patients_about_prescribed_therapeutic_regimens,_normal_growth_and_development,_...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Provide information or counseling regarding issues such as animal health care, behavior problems, or...](/Tasks/Provide_information_or_counseling_regarding_issues_such_as_animal_health_care,_behavior_problems,_or...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Counsel patients about nutrition, exercise, sleeping habits, stress management, or other matters.](/Tasks/Counsel_patients_about_nutrition,_exercise,_sleeping_habits,_stress_management,_or_other_matters.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Conduct Annual Wellness Visits](/Tasks/Conduct_Annual_Wellness_Visits) — siblings · Tasks
- [Deliver lifestyle and medication coaching](/Tasks/Deliver_lifestyle_and_medication_coaching) — siblings · Tasks
- [Provide Nutrition Counseling Sessions](/Tasks/Provide_Nutrition_Counseling_Sessions) — siblings · Tasks
- [Provide One-on-One Nutrition Counseling](/Tasks/Provide_One-on-One_Nutrition_Counseling) — siblings · Tasks
- [Provide basic nutrition education to patients](/Tasks/Provide_basic_nutrition_education_to_patients) — siblings · Tasks

### Who does this

- [Anesthesiologists](/Occupations/Anesthesiologists) — performs · Occupations

### Problems this exposes

- [behavior change not measured after the session](/Problems/behavior_change_not_measured_after_the_session) — exposes problem · Problems
- [multilingual and cultural adaptation of materials is manual](/Problems/multilingual_and_cultural_adaptation_of_materials_is_manual) — exposes problem · Problems
- [low health-literacy materials don't land with the audience](/Problems/low_health-literacy_materials_don't_land_with_the_audience) — exposes problem · Problems
- [content currency lags updated clinical guidelines](/Problems/content_currency_lags_updated_clinical_guidelines) — exposes problem · Problems

### Automated by

- [Patient Engagement System](/Software/Patient_Engagement_System) — automated by · Software
- [Health Education Platform](/Software/Health_Education_Platform) — automated by · Software
- [Generate Personalized Prevention Plan](/Action/Generate_Personalized_Prevention_Plan) — automated by · Action
- [Deliver Health Education Module](/Action/Deliver_Health_Education_Module) — automated by · Action

### Outsourced to

- [Corporate Wellness Provider](/CompanyTypes/Corporate_Wellness_Provider) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes
- [Public Health Nonprofit](/CompanyTypes/Public_Health_Nonprofit) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes

### Delivered by

- [Public Health Nurse](/JobTypes/Public_Health_Nurse) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Community Health Worker](/JobTypes/Community_Health_Worker) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Health Educator](/JobTypes/Health_Educator) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Wellness and Prevention](/Departments/Wellness_and_Prevention) — delivered by · Departments
- [Community Health Department](/Departments/Community_Health_Department) — delivered by · Departments