Health culture - essence. Health education - definition, goals, models, principles, methods and forms.
1- Health culture - definition: A system of thoughts and behaviors shared by a group of people, which may influence health
- Health knowledge and skills
- Education
- Income and Occupation - Ethnicity and Race
- Religion
- Political Affiliation
- Geographic Region
2- Health education - Definition: Health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improved their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes
Aims of health education:
- Early diagnosis and management
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Utilization of available health services
Phases of Health education:
- Stage of unawareness - not aware of new idea or practice
- Stage of awareness - get some information but lacking
- Stage of interest - show interest to know more listen, read
- Stage of evaluation - Find out advantages and disadvantages
- Stage trial - puts into practice
- Stage of Adoption - Accepts new idea as beneficial to him and adopts it
Method of health education:
- Traditional model of health education
- Model of shared health education
- Promoting model of health education
Classical:
- Verbal method - includes anything heard such as spoken words, health talk, music, sounds etc.
- Printed Method - it generally involves the exchange of facts, ideas and opinions through a written instrument/ material (posters,Leaflets, flip charts)
- Visual model - Include something seen, for example, real objects and photographs, written words are not included under visual methods. ( real objects, such as if you are displaying family planning methods include condoms, IUD’s and the pill
- Mixed method - Audio - visuals are multi-sensory materials combine both seeing and listening
Modern:
- Social learning, diffusion of innovations, social immunization, mass-media strategies