Session 6 - Health Education and Health Promotion

Question 1

What is Health Promotion?

Answer 1

The process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health

Question 2

What is Disease Prevention?

Answer 2

A wide range of activities known as ‘interventions’ aimed at reducing risks or threats to health

Question 3

List the prerequisites for health.

Answer 3

1. Peace
2. Shelter
3. Education
   4.food
4. Income
5. Stable eco-system
6. Sustainable resources
7. Social justice
8. Equity

Question 4

What are the 3 strategies for health promotion included in the Ottawa Charter?

Answer 4

1. Advocate
2. Enable
3. Mediate

Question 5

What are the 5 key action areas mentioned in the Ottawa Charter?

Answer 5

1. Build health public policy
2. Create supportive environments
3. Strengthen community actions
4. Develop personal skills
5. Reorient health services

Question 6

What are some examples of building a healthy public policy?

Answer 6

Smoking bans
Compulsory seatbelts/helmets
High tax on cigarettes, alcohol and sugar

Question 7

What is health education?

Answer 7

Any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health

Question 8

What are the 7 steps to planning a health education program?

Answer 8

1. Identifying needs and priorities
2. Setting goals and objectives
3. Determining the best way to achieve the goal
4. Identifying resources
5. Planning evaluation method
6. Setting an action plan
7. Action

Question 9

Discuss the key action area of creating supportive environments.

Answer 9

1. The protection of the natural and built environments and the conservation of natural resources must be addressed in any health promotion strategy.
2. Changing patterns of life, work and leisure have a significant impact on health. Work and leisure should be a source of health for people
3. Examples would be safe working environments, employee wellness, restricting junk food ads for children, social support club