HEALTH EDUCATION
Different health educators defined the health education in their own views a common definition of health education is very difficult to
find, however, a few statements concerning the definition of health education are given below:
1: Health education is a continuous process which we have to follow
in every steps of our life
2: Health education
is concerned with bringing changes in health knowledge, behaviors and attitude
of individuals.
It is clear that health
education is an educational process that brings the changes in health knowledge
attitude and behavior of an individual, family, community and nation for
happier and healthier life. Also talking about objectives of health education world health
organization has listed the objectives of health
education as
follows:
1: To make good
health as an asset valued by the community
2: To teach people
how to achieve good health
3: To encourage them to achieve good health by their action and effort
There are many scope of health
education also. the places where health education can take place are the scope of health education scope of health
education is broadened as its importance is realized , in the
past, the scope of health education was only limited in the home , school and community. Now a days, the relationships of health education with other subjects
and fields are also considered as its scope. There are also many needs and
importance of health education it
teaches us about good health habit by developing
positive attitude towards the
benefits of being healthy , and also
teaches about different communicable
diseases and their preventive measures
to maintain good health .it helps to combat
traditional belief and
superstition of health practices it also teaches us to make people aware of the scientific knowledge and skill on health by optimum
use of available health services. It teaches us how to improve
our hygiene and cleanliness as well as health of community members.
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