Health Education

Background

1.    Health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary adaptations of behavior conducive to health.

2.    It is communication activity aimed at enhancing positive health and preventing or diminishing ill-health in individuals and groups, through influencing the beliefs, attitudes and behavior of those with power and of the community at large.

Questions

1.    What do you hope to achieve with your health education programme?

2.    What can you do to enhance the communication and facilitate interaction with your intended recipient of the health education message?

3.    Is the audience able to understand and appreciate the message?

4.    How have you helped in developing the skills of the audience?

5.    How can we encourage the community to participate actively in these health education programmes?

6.    What are some of the problems you faced?

Discussion

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