Definitions of key terms. ■ Health promotion. ■ Health education. ■ Where health education is provided. ■ Who is responsible about health education.

1. HEALTH
EDUCATION AND
HEALTH
PROMOTION
BMS 361
Principles of Learning and Health Education
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2. Outline
■ Definitions of key terms.
■ Health promotion.
■ Health education.
■ Where health education is provided.
■ Who is responsible about health education.
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3. Health
A state of complete physical, social and mental
well-being, and not merely the absence of disease
or sickness, .
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5. Lifestyle
A way of living based on identifiable patterns of behavior
which are determined by the interplay between an
individual’s personal characteristics, social interactions,
and socioeconomic and environmental living conditions.
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6. Prevention
Measures not only to prevent the occurrence of disease,
but also arrest its progress and reduce its consequences
once it is established.
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7. Quality of Life
An individual’s perceptions of their position in life in the
context of the culture and value system where they live,
and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and
concerns.
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8. Quality of Life
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9. Quality of Life
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10. Health promotion
The process of enabling people to increase control over,
and to improve, their health.
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11. Components of Health Promotion
Health
Promotion
Public Policies
Environmental support
Health Education
Building individuals’ capacities
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12. Public policies
■ Rules and regulations.
■ Guidelines.
■ Facilities and services.
■ Social supports.
■ Incentives.
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13. Who is responsible about public policies
■ Ministry of Health
■ Ministry of Education
■ Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
■ Municipalities
■ City councils
■ Civil Defense
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14. Health Education
Consciously constructed opportunities for learning
involving some form of communication designed to
improve health literacy, including improving knowledge,
and developing life skills, which are conducive to individual
and community health.
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15. Health literacy
The degree to which people are able to access,
understand, appraise and communicate information to
engage with the demands of different health contexts. in
order to promote and maintain good health across the
life-course.
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16. Relationship between health education
and health literacy
Effective health education
Individuals’ capacities to access and
use health information
make appropriate health decisions
and maintain basic health
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17. Where do health education activities occur
■ Health care institutions: Patient education.
■ Schools: School health education.
■ General community: Health awareness
campaigns.
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18. Who provides health education
■ Health promotion specialists (Health educators, Patient
educators…etc.).
■ Other health professionals (Doctors, nurses,
dietitians…etc)
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19. Getting involved
■ Effective health education is based on theories and
models.
■ Theories Provide guidance and explanations.
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20. ANY QUESTIONS?
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