Yissette Arolas 09-8217 Education & Promotion of Health February 4th, 2011

Eddy Valdez 09-8230 Public Health Dr. Sosa

Education of Health – Presenter: Yissette Arolas

 The role of Health Education

 Assessing Individual and Community Needs for Health Education

 Plan Health Education Strategies, Interventions, and Programs

 Implement Health Education Strategies, Interventions, and Programs

 Conduct Evaluation and Research Related to Health Education

 National Health Education Standards

 Health Education Code of Ethics

Promotion of Health – Presenter: Eddy Valdez

What is promotion of health?

Health promotion is a term that has been applied to a wide range of approaches to improving
health of people, communities and populations. But whatever the particular focus of health
promotion work, health promotion needs to be grounded in firm principles and philosophy.

Health Promotion
 Physical
 Emotional
 Social
 Intellectual
 Spiritual

Organization:

 National and Community programs

 School Health & youth health promotion
 Importance of promotion and prevention in the workplace
 Raising awareness: what doctors should tell patients for prevention
Areas of Work:

 Global Health Promotion

 Networks on chronic disease prevention and health promotion
 Prevention of communicable disease, injury, violence and mental problems
 Non-communicable disease