The Context of Teaching Health Education Flashcards
Communication of information about knowledge, skills, and values of the society in each succeeding generation to help them acquire the intellectual and practical methods to function in the society. It is a process that helps an individual to develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually, and emotionally
Education
Health is _____
highly subjective
According to ___, “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
Albert Einstein
“A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his thought to derive benefit from his illnesses”
Hippocrates
“Good health and prevention and treatment of illness through lifestyle practices such as massage, meditation, yoga, and dietary changes and the use of herbal remedies.”
Ancient Ind “Ayurveda”
“a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of a disease or infirmity.”
WHO, 1948
“a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.”
WHO, 1986
- The anatomical integrity and physiological functioning of the body. Bodily functions are working at maximum performance and functions harmoniously. It involves regular exercise, balanced nutrition, and adequate rest
Physical Health
The ability to enjoy life, to handle the day-to-day events and obstacles, to adapt to adversity, and to function effectively in the society
Mental Health
The ability to make and maintain acceptable interactions with other people
Social Health
Builds relationships with others and connects to a positive network
Social Health
Refers to the emotional, psychological, and social well-being of a person
Mental Health
Factors that have an impact on health
- genetic factor
- social and economic factors
- environmental factors
- cultural issues
can lead to a less than optimum level of health
Genetic pattern
often means having high or less access to healthcare
Socioeconomic status (SES)
The family and society traditions and culture can affect the health of the individuals
Cultural issues
process that informs, motivates, and helps people to adopt and maintain healthy practices and lifestyles, prevents disease, and reduces perilous behaviors
health education
“communication activity aimed at enhancing positive health and preventing or diminishing ill-health in individuals and groups through influencing the beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of those with power and of the community at large.”
Downie, Fyfe, and Tannahill (1990)
“health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes.”
WHO, 1998
“any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire information and the skills needed to make quality health decisions.”
Joint Committee on Health Education and Promotion Terminology, 2001
“any planned combination of learning experiences designed to predispose, enable, and reinforce voluntary behavior conducive to health in individuals, groups, or communities.”
Green and Kreuter, 2005
is a “professionally prepared individual who serves in a variety of roles and is specifically trained to use appropriate educational strategies and methods to facilitate the development of policies, procedures, interventions, and systems conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities”
Health educator (Joint Committee on Health Education and Promotion Terminology, 2001)
also called the specialist in health education, provides various services to the community, enhancing residents’ well-being through health-focused methods
health educator
The experts in health education organize, specify targeted populations, and identify available resources, programs, and policies. They develop cooperative relationships and agreements that make it easier to get data from primary, secondary, and resources supported by evidence. Create a plan for data analysis. Additionally, compare results to norms, current data, and other details.
Area I: Assessment of Needs and Capacity
Define the desired results. Identify health promotion and education initiatives. Create strategies and resources for implementation and assessments.
Area II: Planning
Provide health promotion and education programs. Follow up on the execution.
Area III: Implmentation
Evaluation of the intervention’s design process, effects, and results. Create research projects. Utilize the right technologies to manage the gathering and processing assessment and/or research data. Analyze the data. Use the results.
Area IV: Evaluation and Research
Determine an existing or developing health concern that calls for systemic, environmental, or policy change. Plan advocacy activities by including coalitions and stakeholders in tackling the health issue. Act as an advocate. Assess advocacy.
Area V: Advocacy
Determine the audience’s communication goals. Create messages utilizing models and/or theories of communication. Decide on the message delivery techniques and technologies. Utilize the chosen medium and tactics to deliver the messages effectively. Assess communication.
Area VI: Communications
Organize relationships with stakeholders and partners. Prepare people to promote and give health education. Organize personnel, material, and fiduciary resources. Do strategic planning with the necessary stakeholders.
Area VII: Leadership and Management
Practice in conformity with accepted ethical standards. Serve as a reliable source for information on promoting and educating about health. Maintain and/or improve your proficiency by participating in professional development. Promote the field of health education to other people, the public, and other stakeholders.
Area VIII: Ethics and Professionalism
Who unified the code of ethics and in what year?
Coalition of National Health Education Organizations, 2004
What are the agencies included in Coalition of National Health Education Organizations, 2004
o American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB)
o American Association for Health Education (AAHE)
o American College Health Association (ACHA)
o American Public Health Association (APHA)
o Public Health Education and Health Promotion (PHEHP) Section
o APHA’s School Health Education and Services (SHES) Section
o American School Health Association (ASHA)
o Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE)
o Etta Sigma Gamma
o Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
o Society of State Directors of Health and Physical Education and Recreation (SSDHPER)
Supports principles of self-determination and freedom of choice for the individual
Responsibility to the public
Exhibits professional behavior
Responsibility to the profession
Accountable for professional activities and actions
Responsibility to employers
Respects the rights, dignity, confidentiality, and worth of the people
Responsibility in the delivery of health education:
Conducts oneself following federal and state laws, organizational and institutional policies, and professional standards
Responsibility in research and evaluation
Provides quality education that benefits the profession and the public
Responsibility in professional preparation
complex and challenging profession in which an effective teacher makes countless daily decisions
Teaching
According to _____, “Teaching is the process of attending to people’s needs, experiences and feelings, and intervening so that they learn particular things, and go beyond the given.”
Mark K. Smith (2018)
“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of the learners.”
John Holt
“The act or experience of one that learns”, “Knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study”, and “Modification of a behavioral tendency by experience.”
Merriam Webster
“Learning is a process that leads to _____, which occurs as a result of _____ and increases the potential for improved performance and future learning.”
change, experience
“Learning as the mental activity by which knowledge and skills, habits and attitudes, virtues and ideas are acquired, retained, and utilized resulting in the progressive adoption and modification of conduct and behavior.”
Okoye (2010) cited by Nkechi et al. 2016
“Teaching is the noblest profession in the world,” stated _____
President David O. Mckay
“Any type of work, especially one that needs a high level of education or a particular skill”
Profession