5. Outline {Health Education Principal
-Define of Health Education.
-Aim and Specific Objectives of
-Main principals of Health Educat
-Types of Health Education.
-Different approaches in Health
-Stages of Health Education.
6. Define of Health Education.
Health education is a social science that draws from the biological, environmental,
psychological, physical, and medical sciences to promote health and prevent
disease, disability and premature death through education-driven voluntary
behavior change activities.
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8. Education for health begins with people. It hopes to motivate them with whatever
interests they may have in improving their living conditions. Its aim come is to develop
in them a sense of responsibility for health conditions for themselves as individuals, as
memders of families, and as communities. In communicable disease control, health
education commonly includes an appraisal of what is known by a population about a
disease, an assessment of habits and attitudes of the people as they relate to spread
and frequency of the disease, and the presentation of specific means to remedy
observed deficiencies.
Aim and Specific Objectives of
9. Aim and Specific Objectives of
Health EducationHealth education is also an effective tool that helps
improve health in developing nations.
It not only teaches prevention and basic health
knowledge but also conditions ideas that
re-shape everyday habits of people with unhealthy
lifestyles in developing countries.
This type of conditioning not only affects the
immediate recipients of such education
but also future generations will benefit from an
improved and properly cultivated ideas
about health that will eventually be ingrained with
10. Aim and Specific Objectives of Heal
The main objectives of Health Educatio
to make an individual suitable to should
of the society. He must recognize his r
maintaining his health, as well as the h
guide him to adjust his environment an
uplifment of himself and the society.
11. Health Education reveals the
relationship between the health
habits and the functions of the
human body. A study of
communicable diseases and
immunization provides a knowledge
about diseases, how they affect
the health and how to inter
relationship of the body and mind.
Sanitation shows the value of
Aim and Specific Objectives of Healt
12. Aim and Specific Objectives of Healt
Health Education is generally organised under the
following themes. They are
* Primary Health Care
* Mental Health
* Sanitation
* Diseases and Immunigation
* Accidents and First Aid
* Relationship between the Doctor and the Patient
* Education of false beliefs
* Environmental Pollution
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15. Main principals of Health Edu
Interest
It is a psychological principle that people are unlikely to listen to those things
which are not to their interest.
Participation
It should aim at encouraging people to work actively with health workers and
others identifying their own health problems and also in developing solution
and plans to work them out.
Known to unknown
Start where the people are and with what they understand and then proceed to
new knowledge
Comprehension
In Health Education, we must know the level of understanding, education and
literacy of people to whom the teaching is directed.
16. Main principals of
Health Education.Re-enforcement
Repetition at interval is extremely useful for understanding all the news.
Motivation
Every individual has a fundamental desire to learn. Stimulation or awakening
of desire of learning called motivation.
Communication
Health educators must be aware of the various barriers of communication and
cultural background of the community.
Learning by doing
The Chinese proverb “if I hear, I forget. If I see, I remember. If I do, I know”
illustrate the importance of learning by doing.
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19. Types of Health Educatio
*Physical Fitness
*Mental Fitness
*Emotional Stability
*Social Fitness
*Moral Development
*Balance Personality
20. *Physical Fitness
Physical fitness is a general state of health an
specifically, the ability to perform aspects of
Physical fitness is generally achieved through
-vigorous physical activity, exercise and suffic
*Mental Fitness
Mental Fitness is a proactive, positive term withou
associated to mental health or mental illness.
21. *Emotional Stability
Emotional stability[edit] At the opposite end of
who score low in neuroticism are more emotiona
reactive to stress. They tend to be calm, even
to feel tense or rattled.
*Social Fitness
There are two main responsibilities you should
fulfill towards society. First, you should
improve your own health. Secondly, you should
understand the health
problems of those around you. This will help
you to get adjusted to the society you live in.
If you can adjust yourself to any society and
culture, you are
socially sound. If you are in perfect harmony
physically and mentally you are free from
22. Moral development focuses on the emergence, change,
morality from infancy through adulthood. In the field
morality is defined as principles for how individuals ou
with respect to justice, others' welfare, and rights.
*Moral Development
*Balance Personality
Personality reveals your physical, mental and soc
well-being. To be of a balanced personality, you
should possess good health habits and try to live
healthy life.
25. [5] Stages of Health Educati
A New Paradigm: 5 Stages of Disease Development
The development of diseases (esp. chronic) general
each lends itself to preventive interventions:
1.Exposure to agents/causes/risk factors of diseas
2.2. Acquisition of early disease due to exposure
3. Progression of acquired disease from early to ad
4. Complications resulting from advanced disease
5. Death or Disability, generally from complications
29. Conclusion: MY Opinion on Health Educat
Health education establishes people's awareness, skills,
and encourages
them to adopt positive attitudes towards their well
being. Health
education raises students’ knowledge about physical,
mental, emotional
and social health. It motivates youth to improve and
maintain their health,
prevent diseases, and avoid unhealthy behaviors.The
curriculum in health
science/health education is competency-based; in other
words, majors not
only build a foundation in the theory of health education,
but also develop skills to implement health education
programs in the community{{.Health
education is important because it allows people the
opportunity to know
how to take care of themselves. It also helps people to
