Seminar on “Health Education”

Presented by:Donboklang Pohrmen

Roll No: 164th Year B. Sc Nursing

Introduction

Definition

“Health Education is a Holistic process with Intellectual, Psychological and Social dimension relating to activities that increase the abilities of people to make informed decisions that affect their personal, family and community well being”

OR“Health Education is a process which affects changes in the

Health practices of people and in the Health practices and Lifestyle”

ORWHO:- “Health Education like general education, is concerned

with changes in knowledge of people. In its most usual forms, it concentrates on developing such health practices as are believed to bring the best possible state of well being”

Aims of Health

Education

Objectives of Health Education

i. To prevent awareness of health and make health a value community assets.

ii. To promote health lifestyle and improve the quality of life.

iii. To promote the utilization of available health.iv. To promote active community participation in

National Health Programmes.v. To promote self-confidence and self-reliance of

communities so that they can take over the responsibility of Primary Health Care.

vi. To arouse interest provide new knowledge, improve skills and change attitudes in making rational decisions to solve their own problems.

Identification.

Involvement.

Indigenization.

Indoctrination.

Integration.

Influences.

Innovation.

Principle of Health Education

General Principles of EducationCredibility.Interest.Participation.Motivation.Comprehension.Reinforcement.Learning by doing.Known to Unknown.Setting an example.Good human relations.Feedback.Leader

Methods of Health Education

Planning, Implement and Evaluation of Health Education Programmes

Planning of Health Educationa) Knowledge about the Community.

b) Fixing of Targets.

c) Setting up Learning objectives.

d) Organization of the content.

e) Selection of medium.

Implementation of Health Education Select the Educator:-

i. Acceptability.

ii. Maturity.

iii. Conviction.

iv. Communicator.

v. Training.

Understand the Community

i. Community needs.

ii. Community participation.

iii. Community perception.

iv. Community resources

Rationalize the Delivery

i. Know to Unknown.

ii. General to Local.

iii. Simple to Complex.

iv. Felt need to health need

Evaluation of Health Education

i. Purposes of Evaluation

ii. Characteristics

Role of Community Health Nurse in Health Education

Summary

I. IntroductionII. DefinitionIII. Aims of Health Education.IV. Objectives of Health Education.V. Principle of Health Education.VI. Method of Health Education.VII.Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of

Health Education.VIII. Roles of Community Health Nurse in Health

Education

Conclusion