Transcript Health Education

Health Education
By
Dr. Hamda Qotba,
B.Med.Sc, M.D, ABCM
What is
Health Education???
• Process that informs, motivates, and
helps people to adopt and maintain
healthy practices and life styles.
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Objectives
• Informing people
• Motivating people
• Guiding into action
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Approach to public health
• Regulatory approach
• Service approach
• Educational approach
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New ideas and practices
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Awareness
Interest
Evaluation
Trial
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Principles
• Interest
• Participation
• Known to
unknown
• Comprehension
• Reinforcement
• Motivation
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• Learning by doing
• Soil, seed, sower
• Good human
relation
• Leaders
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Communication
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Communicator
Message
Audience
Channels of communication
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Communication barriers
• Physiological
• Difficulties in hearing, expression
• Psychological
• Emotional disturbance
• Environmental
• Noise, invisibility
• Cultural
• Knowledge, custom, believe, religion
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Practice of health education
• Individual and family
• Education to general public
• T.V
• Radio
Mass media is less effective
• Press
in changing human behavior
• Films
• Health magazine
• Posters
• Health exhibition
• Health museum
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Group health education
• Lectures
• Film and charts
• Group discussion
• Panel discussion
• Symposium
• Workshop
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• Institute
• Role playing
• Demonstration
• Programmed
instruction
• Stimulation and
exercise
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