Health Education Flashcards
What is health education?
- act of providing info and learning experience to behavior change and improved health of client
- totality of exp that favorably influence habits, attitude, and knowledge
Compromises consciously constructed opportunities and invlolves some form of communication to improve health literacy to improve knowledge and life skills
Health Education
Facilitates learning and behavioral change in both health personnel and client
Health Education
Purposes of Health Education
- Propogate health promotion and diseases prevention
- To modify or continue health behaviors
- Provides health info and services
- Emphisizes good health practices as integral aspect of culture, media, and technology
- Communicate vital info to the public
- Form of Advocacy
Types of Health Education
- Biological 2. Health Resources 3. Society and Environment
Type of health education
- info on human biology and hygiene
Biological
Type of Health education
- sensible use of healthcare resources
Health Resources
Type of Health Education
- Environment which health choices are made
Society and Environment
Dimension of Health Education that is a circular. It tackles subject matters that is specific to nursing education. It is where students acquire essential skills and aptitude
Substantive
Dimension of Health Education that focuses on the social dimension. Includes physical and social factors in teaching learning solutions. It has entrinsic factors that capture intrest of learner.
Environmental
Dimension of Health Education that includes methodological dimension to motivate students to learn. This is planned by teacher or self initiated by students.
Procedural
This dimension of health education focuses on nurse educator relationship with individual. Influences effectiveness of teaching and learning process
Human Relations
3 Aspects of Health Education
- Behavioral Sciences 2. Public Health 3. Education
Aspect of health that tell how people behave and why do they behave like that
Behavioral Sciences
Aspect of Health Education that focuses on health promotion and public health health statistics for epidemologic info
Public Health
Aspect of Health Education that study and practice teaching. It is vital in developement of health education
Education
What is the importance of health education?
- Enhance knowledge and awareness
- Promotes health, safety, and security of people
- Develop and Improve community resources
- Increases productivity and strenght of character
- Disease prevention
- Minimize cost
- Self Reliant Behavior
Why is health educators important?
- Empowers 2. Equips Students Knowledge 3. Enhances quality of life 4. Establishes awareness
What is the role of health Educator
help promote, enhance, and maintain health of others
Define Nurse as health educator
Provides info for promotion and maintenance of health, prevention of illness, and self reliant behaviors.
Role of Nurse as a health educator
- Gives info
- Facilitator of learning
- Coordinator of teaching
- Client Advocate
Goal of health education, BCIH
Behavior change and improved health of client