Health promotion Flashcards
What is health promotion?
The process of enabling the people to increase control over and to improve their health
What is the goal of health promotion?
-To make people healthier
-Reduce the risk of developing diseases
What is health education?
Health education uses medical science to teach people about health and well being
What is the goal of health education?
Aims to increase people’s knowledge and understanding of health
What are the 3 different approaches to health education?
- Individual approach
- Group approch
- Mass audience approach
Individual approach
One to one health education happen in hospital with a doctor
Group approch
Teaches a group of people about a topic related to health
Mass audience approch
Uses the media to reach large population maybe presented through television, radio newspaper, social media
The difference between health promotion and health education
Both aim to improve people’s health
1Difference - health education is an area of study while health promotion is a type of advertisement
2Difference -health promotion is one way communication and health education is provided by professional
The 3 pillars of health promotion
1.Good Governance
2.Healthy Cities
3.Health Literacy
Basic stratigies for health promotion
- Advocate - overcome health barriers
- Enable - everyone to have fair and equal access to health
- Mediate -
Involve a range of sectors/organizations includ schools, government
The five area of action
- Devolp personal skills
- Create supportive environment
- Strengthen community actions
- Reorient change the focus of health service
- Build healthy public policy
What are the approaches to health promotion?
behavioural change approach.
client-centred approach.
socio-environmental approach.
educational approach.
preventative medical approach
