HEALTH EDUCATION

JONALYN CIELITO UY- FRANCISCO, MSN

Instructor
 Health Education Perspective
 1. Historical Development
 Mid 1800s
The responsibility for teaching has been recognized as an important role of nurses as caregivers.
 Florence Nightingale
The founder of modern nursing and was the ultimate educator.
 Early 1900s
Public health nurses, role of the nurse as teacher in preventing disease and in maintaining the
health of society.
 1918
National League of Nursing Education (NLNE)/National League for Nursing (NLN)
-observed the importance of Health Teaching as a function within the scope of nursing practice.
-recognized nurses as agents for promotion of health and prevention of illness in all settings
 Health Education Perspective
 1. Historical Development (Cont.)
 1950s
Identified course content in nursing school curricula to prepare nurses to
assume the role as teachers of others.
 1993
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
-established nursing standards for patient education.
 2001
Teaching activities must be patient centered and family oriented.
 Issues and Trends in Health Education
 1. General Issues and Trends
 Politicians and healthcare administrators alike recognize the importance of
health education to accomplish the economic goal of reducing the high cost
of health services.
 Issues and Trends in Health Education
 1. General Issues and Trends (cont.)
 Healthcare professionals are increasingly concerned about malpractice
claims and disciplinary action for incompetence.
 Consumers are demanding increased knowledge and skills about how to care
for themselves and how to prevent disease.
 The aging population are requiring an emphasis to be placed on self-reliance
and maintenance of a healthy status over an extended lifespan.
 Major cause of morbidity and mortality are those disease that are lifestyle
related and preventable through educational intervention.
 Issues and Trends in Health Education
 1. General Issues and Trends (cont.)
 The increase in chronic and incurable conditions requires individuals and
families become informed to manage their own illnesses.
 Client education improves compliance.
 The increase number of self-help group exist to support clients in meeting
their physical and psychosocial needs.
 Issues and Trends in Health Education
 1. Specific Issues and Trends
 Current Mandates for Nurse Educator
 To increase the quality and years of healthy life
 To eliminate health disparities among different segments of population
 To use theory and evidenced based strategies to promote desirable health
behavior
 Issues and Trends in Health Education
 1. Specific Issues and Trends
 Trends affecting Health Care
 Increase attention to health and well being of everyone in the society
 Cost containment measures to control healthcare expenses
 Concern for continuing education as vehicle to prevent malpractice and
incompetence
 Expanding scope and dept of Nurse' practice responsibilities
 Issues and Trends in Health Education
 1. Specific Issues and Trends
 Trends affecting Health Care
 Social, economic, and political forces that affect a nurse’s role in
teaching:
 Consumers demanding more knowledge and skills for self-care
 Demographic trends influencing type and amount of health care needed
 Recognition of lifestyle related disease which are largely preventable
 Health literacy increasingly required
 Advocacy for self-help groups
Remember: “Nurses are the key
position to carry out health
education”
Most continuous contact with clients
Most accessible source of information for the consumer
Most highly trusted of all health professionals