Lecturers made easy for medical undergraduates and BS-Public health

2. Health Promotion&
Health Education
Dr.Riaz Ahmed Mangi
MPH
Assistant Professor @ PUMHSW

3. Learning Objects
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4. Levels ofhealthcare
Primary health care:
HealthEducation/Health promotion

5. HEALTHEDUCATION

6. HEALTHPROMOTION
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8. EXAMPLESOFHEALTHEDUCATION
RadioH/Eprogrammes
Dramashows
Filmshow
Persontoperson
Posters,books&magazines
Mobileaudiosystems
T.V
Newspapers

9. HEALTHPROMOTION
Homeimprovement campaigns
Selection andtraining
Familyhealthdays
Homevisitingprogrammes
Healthcounselling
Provision ofsafe watersources

10. IMPORTANCE
Tocreateawarenessonhealthissues.
Topreventdiseaseoccurrenceinthecommunity.
Tomakecommunityawareoftheavailablehealthservices.
Tomakehealthworkersawareofthehealthneedsandhealthproblemsofthecommunity.
It buildsskillsof thecommunity/individualstomanagetheirhealthproblems.

11. PrinciplesofHealthEducation
ThesearethebuildingblocksorpillarsofH/E.
Theyinclude;
oInterest
oParticipation;learningbydoing.
oComprehension(Theabilitytounderstandsomething)
oReinforcement(theprocessof encouragingorestablishingabelieforpatternofbehavior)
oMotivation(processofstimulatingpeopletoactionstoaccomplishthegoals)

12. INTEREST
Peopledo notlistento thosethingswhicharenotoftheirinterest.
Peoplearenotinterestedinhealthslogans suchas“Take CareOfYour Health”,“BeHealthy”,“BeClean”,etc.
ThereforeHealthEducatorsmustfindouttherealneedsofthepeople.
HealthEducatorsmustidentifythefeltneedsofthepeople&should beabletoaddress them.
Wheretheneed/demandisnotfelt,theHealth Educator shouldcreateit.

13. PARTICIPATION
Participation is basedonthepsychologicalprinciplethat grouplearning,groupdiscussion provide opportunities foractivelearning.
HealthEducationmustinvolvesocialparticipation wherepeopleareactiveparticipants ratherthanactivelistenersorspectators.
Learningisanactionprocess,nota“memorizing“oneinthenarrowsense.
“IfIhear,Iforget,ifIsee,Iremember,ifIdo,Iknow”,sohealthhabitsshouldbe
cultivatedinpractice.

14. COMPREHENSION
In health, one must know the level of
understanding of the targeted people.
Thus, the teaching must be within the
mental capacity of the target group.

15. REINFORCEMENT
Fewpeoplecanlearnandadoptnew ideasforthefirsttime.
Repetitionatintervalsisextremelyuseful.
Itassistscomprehensionandunderstanding.
Therefore,healthinstructionneedsreinforcement(repetitivesupportandinducement).
Inducement:Todosomething

16. MOTIVATION
Ineveryperson,thereis afundamentaldesireto learn.
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Therearetwo typesofmotives; primary&secondary.
Primarymotivesare;sex,hunger,survival, whichinitiate peopleinto action.Thesemotives areinborndesires.
Secondarymotivesarebasedondesirescreatedbytheoutside forcesorincentive.Theseinclude;praise,love,rivalry, rewards,
punishment&recognition.
InHealthEducation,motivation isanimperfectfactor.Theincentivesmaybepositive ornegative,butthepositive mustbe
emphasizedagainstthenegative.

17. SevenkeyrolesofHealthEducators
 ImplementHealthEducationstrategies,interventionsandprogrammes.
 Communicateandadvocateforhealth&HealthEducation.
 ConductevaluationandresearchrelatedHealthEducation.
 ServeasaHealthEducationresourceperson.
 AssessindividualandcommunityneedsforHealthEducation.
 PlanHealthEducationstrategies,interventionsandprogrammes.

18. THANKS