Health Education in the Community

Flashcards with vocabulary terms and definitions related to health education in the community based on lecture notes.

Health Education

A process that grants persons the freedom to make informed decisions regarding their health.

Health Promotion

All activities directed at ensuring good health, including health education, health information dissemination, and encouraging healthy behavior.

Health Education (Active Process)

Active process that seeks to improve or protect health by increasing knowledge and skills and influencing behaviors.

Purpose of Health Education

To help clients make decisions regarding their health.

Purposes and Goals of Health Education

Participation of client in decisions, improved potential to obey recommendations, improved self-care skills, enhanced coping, improved participation in ongoing care, and acceptance of healthier lifestyles.

Principles of a Successful Health Education Program (Part 1)

Motivate people to change, know the community, use basic communication skills, ensure topics are relevant, and gain support of leaders.

Principles of a Successful Health Education Program (Part 2)

Cause little change in way of life, actively involve the community, ensure health educator is enthusiastic, apply principles of teaching and learning, and evaluate teaching.

Health Education and Levels of Prevention

Part of comprehensive healthcare, it should form part of care at all three levels of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary.

Health Education: Primary Prevention

Information and campaigns aimed at providing people with what they need to prevent infection or illness.

Health Education: Primary Prevention Examples

Health education regarding healthy habits, immunisation campaigns, and campaigns promoting condom use.

Health Education: Secondary Prevention

Educational and other strategies that minimise the risks of ill health, encourage early diagnosis and treatment, and limit the course of disease.

Health Education: Secondary Prevention Examples

Health education regarding HIV counseling and testing, ARV treatment, diet to treat obesity, and exercises to loose weight.

Health Education: Tertiary Prevention

Education given to someone who suffers from a disease that results in an illness. The aim is to ensure proper treatment and prevent complications.

Health Education: Tertiary Prevention Examples

Health education regarding living a full life with HIV and AIDS, support groups for families with disabled children, and bereavement counseling.

Outcomes of Health Education

Encouraging people to value health, understand healthy living, handle health problems, and gain knowledge of common diseases.