Health Education Glossary

Affective domain

Involves a learner's feelings, beliefs, attitudes, and values.

Cognitive domain

Focuses on how an individual thinks and the development of knowledge and intellectual skill.

Community engagement

Working collaboratively with community members rather than "working for" them.

Health literacy

An individual's ability to obtain, understand, and make health related decisions for themselves.

Health literacy universal precautions

A practice that assumes that all clients, regardless of education level or language spoken, may have difficulty understanding health information and services.

Needs assessment

Identifying what the audience is interested in learning about, their readiness to learn, and barriers that may impede learning efforts.

Organizational literacy

An organization's ability to enable individuals to obtain, understand, and make health-related decisions for themselves.

Personal health literacy

An individual's ability to obtain, understand, and make health-related decisions for themselves and others.

Psychomotor domain

The ability to perform a skill that was learned and involves fine and gross motor skills, as well as autonomic responses and reflexes.

Self-efficacy

The belief within an individual that they can be successful in their efforts.

Teach-back method

Involves the learner explaining in their own words and/or demonstrating the skill that they have learned; most effective as a short-term evaluation method.