health education is the process that informs motivates and helps people to adopt and maintain healthy practice and life style, advocate environmental changes a needed to facilitate this goal and conduct professional training and research to the same end

1. HEALTH
EDUCATION
PRESENTEDBY
Puja sharma

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Introduction/ Concept of health education
• Definition
• Aims of health education
• Objectives of health education
• Principles of health education
• Scopes of health education
• National plan for health education

3. INTRODUCTION/ CONCEPT
• Health education is process that informs ,motivates
and helps people to adopt and maintain healthy
practices and lifestyle, advocates environmental
changes as needed to facilitate this goal and
conducts professional training and research to the
same end.
• it has become the integral part of various national
health programs such as a RNTCP, and many
communicable & non communicable disease .

4. DEFINITION
• ACCORDING TO WHO
“Heath education like general
education, is concerned with
changes in knowledge of people. In
its most usual forms, it concentrates
on developing such health practices
as are believed to bring the best
possible state of well being.”

5. AIMSOFHEALTHEDUCATION
Health
promotion &
disease
prevention
Early
diagnosis
&
management
Utilization of
available
health
services

6. OBJECTIVES

7. PRINCIPLES
interest
participation
Motivation
Comprehension
Known to unknown
Repetation
Good human relation
Communication
Capable leadership
Planning
Evaluation

8. INTEREST
• Person should have desire and interest
to learn
• Desire for health education can only be
created when it is connected with the
need of the person
• Polio vaccine for children , sex
education for the youth and prevention
for AIDS for the prostituets can be
interesting topics while the relivance of
family planning is of no interest for
older person

9. PARTICIPATION
• Group discussion , workshop , drama etc
are different instrument of health
education which give participatory
education to the participant

10. MOTIVATION
• To arouse the desire to learn is motivation
• In health education people are motivated to
accept new thoughts, habits and activities

11. COMPREHENSION
• The health education should be planned after
knowing the mental ability of the person, his
learning capacity and his education
background
• Some of the medical terminology is not
relivent.

12. KNOWN TO UNKNOWN
• Health education should be provided simple
to complex, known to unknown
• The intelligence of a person should be fully
exploited to motivate him toward accepting
new fact.

13. REPETITION
• Most people do not accepts new facts in one
attempt .
• Repetition is necessary for effective health
education
LEARNING BY DOING
A person can learn better by doing things, in
place of hearing and seeing.

14. GOOD HUMAN RELATION
• It is necessary to have cordial , friendly and
kind relation between the teacher and the
person accepting health education.
• In case of complicated terminology or
detailed technical expertise, good human
relation can bring about better result in the
field of health education

15. COMMUNICATION
• Health education is a two way process
• The language should be simple and the
communication , effective.
• Feedback of the message is also essential

16. CAPABLE LEADERSHIP
• The objectives of health education can be
achieved by impressing the local leadership
• It should have good leadership quality
• The active role of voluntary agencies can also
be fruitful in health education

17. PLANNING
• It is essential for implementation , to achieve
the target and for assessment of the
programme.
• During planning phase it is essential to
consider the resource available
• It is important for the success of health
education

18. EVALUATION
• The achievement and reason for failure
should be evaluated from time to time and
on this basis the attempt should be made for
effective health education through timely
modification and correction

19. SCOPE

20. Place
HOME
Giving health education to the family
members by live demonstration and group
discussion.
Health education can be given during home
visit.

21. SCHOOL
The children should be given health education
in school after preparing a health education
package with the co-operation of the teacher
By utilizing health activities like health
checkup, immunization, etc
For children it is effective with colored picture
, poster, cartoon , puppet show, fancy dress
etc.

22. COMMUNITY
The nurse can set examples in front of
community by her own heath behaviour
indirectly
Nurse is capable to spread message to large
group of people

23. OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT
The patient and his attendants have to spend a lot of
time in OPD for health check-up so this period can be
utilised for heath education
By exhibiting pictures, poster, charts in the waiting hall.
Arrenging group discussion , slide show in a proper
place and on a proper topic.
Distributing pamplate
Arranging nukkad- naatak

24. INPATIENT DEPARTMENT
While nursing the indoor patient , nurses have
the opportunity to educate them
For this method can be effective------
 Conversation with client and motivating him
for change in his behaviour.
 By arranging live demonstration for diagnosis,
nutrition .
 Providing clinical or bedside teaching

25. Subject
HUMAN BIOLOGY
This helps in removing the anxiety from people
mind
Health education can be imparted on -----
 Anatomy and physiology
 Reproductive science
 Importance of health
 Effect of smoking , drinking & drug on the body
 First aid

26. NUTRITION
Different aspects of health education ---
• Balance diet
• Proper nutrition
• Nutritive value of foodstuff
• Art of cooking and surving food
• Creation of good eating habit

27. HYGIENE

28. MENTAL HEALTH
• Give health education and support them
• Inform the person about charecteristiccs of mental
health
• To teach adjustment under adverse condition
• Preventive measures against mental tension, hyper-
excitability , depression etc.
• To develop resistance in special stages of life like
pregnancy, adoloscence, marriage, divorce, and old
age
• Develop ability to struggle under unfavourable
condition

29. SEX EDUCATION
• Sexually transmitted infectious diseases are
becoming a major community health
problem.
• Educate people specially adoloscence about--
-
 AIDS and other STDs
prevension

30.  FAMILY PLANNING AND MATERNAL
CHILD HEALTH
• Raising the health status of
 the family,
reproductive and child health ,
immunization,
origin of human being and development,
Need of family planning & its importance
Use of various contraceptives

31.  PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND
ACCIDENCE

32.  UTILIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES
• Inform community about available health
services
• Motivate them to use health services
• Motivate people to participate in the National
Health Programmes

33. Organization
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Health education and health promotion
 This is the division of world health
organization.
 HEHP supports regional office of WHO in
strenthening national capabilities in health
education & promotion.
 It will also develop and identify new ideas &
tools for health education and its promotion

34.  Division of public information and
public relation
• It provides information about health &
supports health education programme and
activities

35. NATIONAL LEVEL
Central health education bureau
 This is apex body of India
 It is responsible for conducting the health
education and promotional activities
 It works under Ministry of health and Family
welfare

36.  Press information bureau
• Main function of its is to provide information
to press or media
• At present 40 officers of PIB are working in
different capital id states, at the divisional
level or in big cities

37.  Prasar bharti
• Doordarshan and all India radio are two
division of Prasar bharti
The role of doordarshan in communicating the
health message is beyond any doubt
Clipping and short narration of health related
matters on TV make positive effect on the
mind of people
• Radio is still an effective tool of health
education among the rural population of India

38. STATE LEVEL
• The organization and their set up for health
education may differ at state level.
• Some states have established information,
education & communication bureau under
their health ministry

39. District level
Soochna kendra
 It is a district information centres also
propogate health messages and provide
support in health education
 District administration also hold the
responsibility in this field

40. NATIONALPLANFOR HEALTH
EDUCATION
Organising
campaign
Leadership,
Facilities
and talent
in the
community

41. Organising campaign
 The ministry of health and family welfare recommend that
one day training camps should be arranged at block level.
• The camp should be for community opinion leaders , to
interest and involve them in planning programmes for
health and family welfare in their village
• From 40-50 leaders are invited for one day camp
• The camp may be held at the B.D.O or PHC or at a sub
centers
• The medical officers is responsible and he works closely with
the block development officers and his staff

42. • The session should be in the group discussion
• Films and traditional performances should be
included in the programme
• The camp should be covered by press and
radio
• There should be posters for information and
leaflets for motivation distributed

43. • World Health Day in this connection the state health
department are expected to organise an annual
campaign on the international theme for the years
• The campaign should involve all the health and welfare
workers both of government and private sectors.
• Education material such as posters and leaflets in
simple wording are prepared for use by various
institution
• Small exhibition or display can be organised at public
places in both rural and urban areas.
• Meeting can be arranged by local leaders and health
personnel.

44. LEADERSHIP, FACILITIES AND TALENTS
IN THE COMMUNITY
• Health Workers need to be oriented on the themes of
campaign and camps in order to play a leadership role
at community level
• Educate youth and students may also be involved in
such programme
• Service Facilities should be prepared to meet the
increased demand as a result of the campaign or
camp eg. Family planning services
• Talent teachers parents , community workers , local
leaders , students and children can all be encouraged
to play their part and use their talent of song , dance ,
drama etc in spreding health messages