health education Flashcards
What is Health Education (HE)?
Health education is the learning of individuals and groups to behave in a way that promotes, maintains, or restores health, leading to changes in knowledge, attitudes, behavior, decision-making, and social change.
What are the goals of health education?
The goals of health education include: increasing health consciousness, providing health knowledge, promoting self-awareness, changing attitudes, aiding decision-making, and encouraging behavior and social change.
What are the levels of health education?
The levels of health education are: Primary (prevent illness), Secondary (restore health), and Tertiary (prevent complications and aid rehabilitation).
What are the dimensions of health education?
Health education concerns the whole person (physical, mental, social), is a lifelong process, directed to all health levels (primary, secondary, tertiary), and includes formal and informal teaching to help people make health choices.
What are the stages of adoption of a new idea or practice?
The stages are: 1) Unawareness, 2) Awareness, 3) Interest, 4) Evaluation, 5) Trial, 6) Adoption.
What is the Unawareness stage?
The Unawareness stage is when a person is not aware of a new idea or practice.
What is the Awareness stage?
The Awareness stage is when a person gets some information but does not know much about the new idea or practice.
What is the Interest stage?
The Interest stage is when a person shows interest in knowing more about the idea, such as by listening or reading.
What is the Evaluation stage?
The Evaluation stage is when a person finds out the advantages and disadvantages of the new idea or practice.
What is the Trial stage?
The Trial stage is when a person puts the new idea or practice into practice.
What is the Adoption stage?
The Adoption stage is when a person accepts the new idea as beneficial and adopts it as a habit.
What are the steps in planning a health education program?
Steps include: 1) Situation analysis (gathering information), 2) Formulating objectives, 3) Planning content and methods, 4) Planning evaluation, 5) Implementation, 6) Evaluation (structure, process, outcome).
What should be considered in a situation analysis for health education?
Consider identifying the consumer, assessing their attitudes and knowledge, identifying priorities and needs, performing a SWOT/SWOC analysis, assessing previous programs, and evaluating available resources (money, human resources, materials, time).
What are examples of health education program objectives?
Examples include: Increasing knowledge about healthy diets and obesity hazards by 25% in 3 months, encouraging regular exercise by 25%, and decreasing weight by 10% after the program.
How can content and methods be planned for a health education program?
Content should include health hazards of obesity, healthy diet, exercise schedules, and practical case scenarios. Methods may include lectures, posters, brochures, and handouts.
