**6.1 Takeaways: what is the significance for health educators? How do we continue to build our skills and improve our practice?**

Professional development for health educators should focus on capacity building and not fixing deficits. Opportunities should build comfort, develop deep content knowledge, apply, and practice pedagogical skills and engage learners. We should expect and demand for opportunities to build the skills necessary for planning and implementing effective and engaging health education lessons or interventions. Identify your partners that can support your efforts. Health education professionals should consider joining professional associations to support your practice. This will connect you to like-minded professionals nationally and across the globe.

*Perspective Chapter: Strengthening and Empowering Professional Health Educators' Capacity… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108980*


#### **Table 4.**

*US and international professional health education associations.*
