Category: R

A method of research or therapy in which a person is asked to assume a part or a role. The act of pretending to be somebody else in a situation, so that you have to imagine how that person feels and thinks. It usually involves several people. It is used in many training exercises and…

A mission of health within a person’s life cycle.  

A condition pertaining to when the social role of a person is no longer of importance to the social group.  

A person who is used as a source of learning about some social role. One who serves as an example for others by demonstrating the behavior associated with a particular social position or profession.  

A wavering uncertain sense of identity.  

Initiated in 1978 by the Bureau of Health Manpower of the U.S. Public Health Service for the purpose of identifying the role and function of health educators. The project was subsequently taken over by the National Center for Health Education, identifying the skills and competencies for basic entry-level profession health educators.  

The process of clarifying the role performed by health educators through the specification of responsibilities and functions and the identification of requisite skills and knowledge.  

A clearly defined description of the functions of a professional health educator.  

The lack of clear conceptions of sexual and/or occupational roles, role.  

A Roentgen-ray photograph.