HEALTH EDUCATION

EDRELYN A. VENTURANZA, RN
TEACHER
 Brief history

 Historical
accounts revealed that people of the ancient
world were so concerned about their health.
 Inthe past, ancient greek estates observed sports
competitions in honor of their Gods and goddesses.
 Thecompetitors had to undergo rigorous physical and
mental trainings in order to win.
 Thiscould have been true since the early greeks believed
in what plato had envisioned about health – a sound
mind in a sound body; for the good of the soul.
Overview in the Philippines
 One of the sources of health
remedies or treatment especially the
health education in primitive era in
the Philippines were the:
Albularyo
 The word albularyo derives from
herbolario, a Spanish word meaning
herbalist.
 Arbularyo,another variation of the
word albularyo, is a misspelling often
brought.
 "Albularyo" or what we call
a witch doctor they usually
call the spirit of the dead
and tries to
remove them form the face
of the earth they also use
herbal medicine as well
example
 "gayuma".
 As time progressed, the albularyo became a
more prominent figure in most
rural areas in the Philippines.

 Lacking access to scientific medical practices,

the albularyos common (and sometimes believed to be
supernatural)
sicknesses and diseases.
 However, the albularyo's role was slowly shadowed with the rise
of modern medical facilities.
Urbanization
access to more scientific
 treatments, exchanging the chants and herbs
of the albularyos with the
 newer technologies offered by the medical
field.

albularyos flourish in many rural areas in the

Philippines where
 medicalfacilities are still expensive and
sometimes inaccessible
 IN YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE… DID YOU EVER GOT SICK?
HOSPITALIZED?
 HOW WAS IT BEING A PATIENT? RELATIVE OF THE PATIENT?
 FROM THAT EXPERIENCE … HOW DO YOU DEFINE HEALTH?
 DID THAT EXPERIENCE GIVES YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING EDUCATED ON
THE PREVENTION/PRECAUTION.
 HEALTH…..

 EDUCATION…..

 HOW IS THIS TWO WORD HELP US PROMOTE

HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY- COUNTRY
 HEALTH –

 Health is a measure of quality of life that is difficult to

define and measure.
 Health may be defined as the ability to adapt and
manage physical, mental and social challenges
throughout life.
 World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as a
"state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
 EDUCATION – 20th century – fundamental part of
NURSING PRACTICE and primary means to prevent
DISEASE and to IMPROVE the HEALTH of the
countries DIVERSE community.

- primary strategy for dealing with the multiplicity of

health concerns and the nurse in the community was
the instrument of that strategy.

-critical vehicle for delivering health information

effectively applied by providers and recipients of
care.
Health Education

 Health education is one strategy for implementing

health promotion and disease prevention programs.
- provides learning experiences on health topics.
- strategies are tailored for their target population.
- presents information to target populations on
particular health topics, including the health
benefits/threats they face, and provides tools to build
capacity and support behavior change in an
appropriate setting.
 Health education is the process of
imparting information about health in
such a way that the recipient is motivated to use that
information for the
protection or advancement of his own, his family’s or
his community’s health

 Health education is an active learning

process, which aim sat favorably
Changing attitudes and influencing behavior w.r.t
health practices
 It is vital to the practice of prevention

 It is the channel for reaching the people and

alerting them to the doctor’s services and to all
other community health resources.

A ‘health educated’ person is well aware of

his own responsibility and of the steps he
himself must take to receive the full benefits
of prevention at all levels
 “Health education comprises
consciously constructed opportunities
for learning involving some form of
communication designed to improve
health literacy, including improving
knowledge, and developing skills which
are conducive to individual and
community health”
-WHO health promotion glossary
Overview of Education in
Health Care
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE TEACHING ROLE OF NURSES

 mid-1800s,
focuses of teaching efforts by nurses
has not only been on the care of the
sick and on promoting the health of
the well public, but also on educating
other nurses the professional practice.
FLORENCE
NIGTHINGALE –
-founder of modern
nursing
- ultimate educator
- develop the 1st school of
nursing
- devoted long years of
her career in teaching
nurses, physicians and
health officials
-importance of proper conditions in hospitals
and homes to improve the health of the
people.
 Importance of teaching patients of the
need for adequate nutrition, fresh air,
exercise and personal hygiene in order to
improve well-being.
 Early 1900s,
 Public Health Nurses clearly understood the
significance of the role of the nurse as a
teacher in preventing disease and
maintaining the health of society.

 For decades, then, patients teaching has

been recognized as an independent nursing
function.
 Nurses have always educated others
 1918
– NATIONAL LEAGUE OF NURSING
EDUCATION (NLNE)
 Now NLN – National League for Nursing
 Observed the importance of health teaching as
a function within the scope of nursing practice.
 1937 – NLNE recognizes nurses as agents for the
promotion of health and the prevention of
illness in all settings in which they practice
 1950 – NLNE identified course content in
nursing school curricula to prepare nurses to
assume role as teachers for others
 2006 NLN
 Developed certified Nurse Educator (Exam)
 To raise “ the visibility and status of the academic
nurse educator role as an advance professional
practice discipline with a defined practice
setting.”
 ANA – American Nurses Association
 Put forth statements on the functions, standards,
and qualifications for nursing practice, of which
patient teaching is a key element .
- ICN - international Council of Nurses
endorsed nurse’s role as educator to be an
essential component of nursing care delivery
ROLE OF THE NURSE EDUCATOR – PARADIGM SHIFT
DOPE – disease-oriented patient education –
POPE – prevention – oriented patient education
HOPE – health – oriented patient education
the new approach has changed the role of the nurse from
one of wise healer to expert advisor/teacher to facilitator of
change.
- with the emphasis on empowering patients to use their
potentials, abilities and resources to the fullest.
- training the trainer –
- serves as clinical instructor for students in the clinical
setting.
PURPOSES, GOALS and
BENEFITS of CLIENT and
STAFF EDUCATION
PURPOSES
INCREASE
COMPETENCE AND
CONFIDENCE OF
CLIENTS FOR SELF-
MANAGEMENT
 GOAL
INCREASE RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE
OF CLIENTS FOR SELF-CARE.

SUPPORTING PATIENT THROUGH TRANSITION

FROM BEING INVALIDS – SELF- SUSTAINING
INMANAGING THEIR OWN CARE.
Dependent recepients--- involved participants
in the care process
 IMPORTANT ACTION OF A CAREGIVER:

 PREPARE CLIENTS FOR SELF-CARE

BENEFITS

EFFECTIVE TEACHING:
 INCREASE CONSUMER SATISFACTION
 IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE
 ENSURE CONTINUITY OF CARE
 DECREASE CLIENT ANXIETY
 EFFECTIVELYREDUCE THE COMPLICATION OF ILLNESS
AND THE INCIDENCE OF DISEASE
 PROMOTE ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT PLAN
 MAXIMIZEINDEPENDENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
 ENERGIZEAND EMPOWER CONSUMERS TO ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF THEIR CARE.
INFORMED CLIENT ARE
MORE ARE MORE LIKELY
TO COMPLY WITH
MEDICAL AND
TREATMENT PLANS
PRINCIPLES AND THEORIES IN
TEACHING AND LEARNING
A. LEARNING THEORIES RELATED TO
HEALTH CARE PRACTICE