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Health Education. By Dr. Hamda Qotba, B.Med.Sc, M.D, ABCM. What is Health Education???. Process that informs, motivates, and helps people to adopt and maintain healthy practices and life styles. Objectives. Informing people Motivating people
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Health Education By Dr. Hamda Qotba, B.Med.Sc, M.D, ABCM
What is Health Education??? • Process that informs, motivates, and helps people to adopt and maintain healthy practices and life styles. Dr.Hamda Qotba
Objectives • Informing people • Motivating people • Guiding into action A S K Dr.Hamda Qotba
Approach to public health • Regulatory approach • Service approach • Educational approach Dr.Hamda Qotba
New ideas and practices • Awareness • Interest • Evaluation • Trial • Adoption Dr.Hamda Qotba
Interest Participation Known to unknown Comprehension Reinforcement Motivation Learning by doing Soil, seed, sower Good human relation Leaders Principles Dr.Hamda Qotba
Communication • Communicator • Message • Audience • Channels of communication Dr.Hamda Qotba
Communication barriers • Physiological • Difficulties in hearing, expression • Psychological • Emotional disturbance • Environmental • Noise, invisibility • Cultural • Knowledge, custom, believe, religion Dr.Hamda Qotba
Practice of health education • Individual and family • Education to general public • T.V • Radio • Press • Films • Health magazine • Posters • Health exhibition • Health museum Mass media is less effective in changing human behavior Dr.Hamda Qotba
Lectures Film and charts Group discussion Panel discussion Symposium Workshop Institute Role playing Demonstration Programmed instruction Stimulation and exercise Group health education Dr.Hamda Qotba