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.
How can the evaluation of a health education program be conducted?
Evaluation can include assessing knowledge change, body weight, satisfaction with the program, barriers or drawbacks, and feedback on the message and educator.
What is the implementation phase of a health education program?
Implementation involves carrying out planned activities, monitoring, and supervising to ensure adherence to the objectives and plan.
How is the evaluation of a health education program structured?
Structure evaluation includes assessing the quality and availability of places, materials, and methods. Process evaluation checks if the lectures meet objectives. Outcome evaluation checks changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
