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APPENDIX
A
A POSITION STATEMENT
OF THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR
HEALTH EDUCATION,
APRIL 2006
The American Association for Health Education advances the
profession while serving health educators and others who
strive to promote the health of all people.
CULTURAL COMPETENCY IN HEALTH EDUCATION
Position
The American Association for Health Education advocates that health educators must
strive to achieve cultural competency by understanding the meaning of culture, its
complexity within each group, and its effect on health decisions and practices. The
preparation of culturally competent health educators needs to begin at all institutions
offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs in health education; this prepa-
ration should include, but not be limited to, internships with schools and community
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