Health education

Question 1

What is WHOs definition of health?

Answer 1

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

Describe health as an open concept

Answer 2

Living conditions and life-style
- not only behaviour/life-style

Wellbeeing and absence of disease
- not only absence of disease

Question 3

What is an normative approach on health education?

Answer 3

Victim blaiming

- If you don’t do what is said, it is your own fault that you get ill

Question 4

What is an analytic educational intervention?

Answer 4

Voluntary

- People most be helped to understand rather than forced into a particular behavior

Question 5

What is a common statement in health promotion?

Answer 5

Help in seeing possibilities
Release resources
Make individual independent
Something you do together with people

Question 6

Describe the two paradigms : Moralistic and Democatic health education (Jensen)

Answer 6

Moralistic health education

• Behavior/lifestyle disease oriented
• health = closed concept
• Aims behavioural changes (moralistic/totalitarian)
• Measurement of behavioural change

Democratic health education

• Living conditions and lifestyle
• Wellbeing and absence of disease
• Health open concept
• Aims action competence (democratic/participatory)
• Measurement of competencies

Question 7

What are the key concepts in action competence?

Answer 7

Knowledge/Insight (ability to take action)

Commitment (will to take action)

Visions

Action experiences