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

Development of learners' functional knowledge and health skills, along with the characteristics of effective health education curriculums should guide our work as health educators. These characteristics enable conditions to drive implementation with an emphasis on skills infused with developmentally appropriate and scientifically accurate health content. We need to keep this in mind when developing, implementing, and evaluating health education lessons, unit, and programs.
