Health Education

Overview
Introduction and Educational Concepts

1st lecture
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 Objectives
At the end of this lecture, each student will be able to:

o Define important concepts related education .

o Compare between Education Process & Nursing Process

o Differentiate between health education & health teaching.

o List 3 important of health education

o Enumerate characteristics of health education

o Identify approaches of health education

o Identify setting and target of health education

o Discuss barriers of health education

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 Outlines
o Definition for important Concepts related education .
o Comparison between Education Process & Nursing Process
o Differentiation between health education & health teaching.
o Importance of health education
o Characteristics of health education
o Different approaches of health education
o Setting of health education
o Target of health education
o Barriers of health education
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 Education

is an act or a process of acquiring general

knowledge, developing powers of reasoning
and judgment, and generally preparing
oneself or others intellectually for mature
life.
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 Learning

A permanent changes in an individual’s behaviour

(knowledge, skills, and attitudes) that can be occur at

any time or in any place.

Learning needs is a requirement to know something

that is presently unknown to the learner.

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 Learning Style

Refers to the way that teachers process

information to their learners .
Each learner is unique, with distinct style
preferences that distinguish one learner to
another learner.

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 Types of Learning Styles
• Visual: People learn best by seeing.

• Auditory: Individuals learn better through hearing.

• Reading/ writing: learners prefers reading &

writing.

• Kinesthetic (Kinetics): learners best by touching

or doing .

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 Teaching

Defined as engagement/ interaction

between teacher and learners to enable their
understanding and application of knowledge,
concepts and processes.
It includes teaching strategies (design,
content selection, delivery, assessment and
feedback, method, media).
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 Teaching- Learning process

 The output of teaching is learning.

 Is an interaction between teacher and learner that aimed

to bring about behavior modification in learners.

 It is aimed at the acquisition of knowledge, skills and

attitudes which enable the learner to a well-adjusted life.

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 Elements
of
teaching
process

Teacher
Learner

learning
environment
 Counseling

Is a talking therapy that allows people to discuss their

problems/ needs with trained professionals in a peaceful and

safe .

The exact meaning of counseling might vary among

individuals. It is the process where you talk about your
issues in detail either intending to overcome the same or
to explore individuals' thoughts comprehensively.
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 Counselor
is a professionally trained expert person who

helps people overcome their issues after a

systematic chain of sessions.

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Education Process & Nursing Process

The education process like the nursing

process

Both of them consists of the basic

elements of assessment, planning,

implementation, and evaluation.

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The main two different between nursing
process and education are in that:

1: the nursing process focuses on the

planning and implementation of care based on
the assessment and diagnosis of the physical
and psychosocial needs of the patient.

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On the other hand, the education process
focuses on the planning and implementation of
teaching based on an assessment and
prioritization of the client’s learning needs,
readiness to learn, and learning styles.

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2: The outcomes of the nursing process are
achieved when the physical and psychosocial
needs of the client are met while the outcomes
of the education process are accomplished
when changes in knowledge, attitudes, and
skills occur.

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Comparison between Education Process & Nursing Process
Nursing process
 Collect data
 Analyse patient’s health
status
 Bio-psychosocial needs
 Make nursing diagnoses.
 Nursing interventions.
Nursing plan
outcomes based on achievement
of goals
Education Process Items
 Collect data ( learners,
resources)
 Analyse client’s learning Assessment
strengths & deficits.
 Learning needs
 Readiness to learn
 learning styles
 Make educational diagnoses. Diagnosis
 Prepare teaching
 Establish learning objectives Planning
 Determine content
 Select & teaching strategies
 Write learning outcomes
Teaching plan Implantation
Outcomes based on behavior changes Evaluation
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 Health Education

It is a process that informs,

motivates and helps

people to adopt and maintain

healthy practices and life-styles.

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 Health Education process

Is a systematic, sequential, scientifically

based, planned course of action consisting

of two major interdependent operations,

teaching and learning.

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 Health Education process
Forms a continuous cycle that also involves

two interdependent players, the teacher and

the learner. They jointly perform teaching

and learning activities, the outcome of which

leads to mutually desired behavior changes.

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 Health Teaching

• Teaching is an art and science of establishing

objectives, selecting and organizing content,

organizing teaching aids, deigning learning

activities and evaluating performance.

• It is an integral part of health education.

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Comparison between health Education & health teaching
Items Health Education
Def  Process of receiving or giving
systematic instruction,
especially at a formal setting.
Health Teaching
the process of imparting
knowledge and instruction.

To positively influence the To impart knowledge and

Aim health behavior of individuals wisdom to create thinking and
and communities as well as the develop social skills.
living and working conditions
that influence their health.

The scopes of health Teaching takes place in a

Place education are various places. classroom environment.
Education is prompted by Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
Motivation extrinsic motivation.
Short time
Long time
Time to achieve
aim

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 Health Education
Introduction
Everyone needs health education (young and old), men and women,
educated and illiterate. Health education does not stop at certain
point, as it deals with any topic related to health provided that this
topic is compatible with the needs of the individual or group.

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 Importance of health education:

1. Improve the health status of individuals, families,

communities, states, and the nation.
2. Enhance the quality of life for all people.
3. Focusing on prevention and reducing the costs (both financial
and human) that individuals, employees, families, insurance
companies, medical facilities, communities, and the state would
spend on medical treatment.
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 Characteristic of effective Health Education

1- Provide adequate time to instruction and learning:-

An effective program addresses time to assess learner needs, interests, concerns,
developmental and emotional maturity levels, experiences, and current knowledge and
skill levels. Learning is relevant and applicable to learner’ daily lives.

2- Focuses on clear health goals and related behavioral outcomes:-

An effective program has clear health-related goals and behavioral outcomes that are
directly related to these goals. Instructional strategies and learning experiences are
directly related to the behavioral outcomes.
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 Characteristic of effective Health Education
3- Addresses individual value and beliefs:-
An effective program related to attitudes, values, and beliefs that support
positive health behaviors.
4- Uses strategies designed to personalize information and engage learning:-
Learning experiences correspond with learner cognitive and emotional
development, help them personalize information, and maintain their
interest and motivation while accommodating diverse capabilities and
learning styles.
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5- Provides audiences with easily accessible and repeatable
information that focuses on health goals and behavioral
outcomes.

6-Developing the essential health skills necessary to adopt,

practice, and maintain health-enhancing behaviors.

7- Helps teach risk factors associated with

unhealthy practices, such as the use of
tobacco, and other drugs.
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Health Education approaches

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 Health education settings
 Hospitals ( inpatient departments and outpatients clinics)
 Health centers
 Workplaces.
 In a college and university campus
 Schools
 Prisons
Refugee camps

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 Targets for health education

Individuals such as clients of services, patients, healthy

individuals.

 Groups E.g. groups of students in a class, youth clubs.

 Community E.g. people living in a village.

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 Barriers to health education
1. Physical barriers as difficulties in hearing and vision.
2. Intellectual barriers may occur because of the natural
ability, home background or School that affects the
perception and understanding of the clients.
3. Emotional barriers include the readiness (ability),
Motivation (willingness & desire to meet needs) of the
receiver OR the emotional status of the health educator.

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 Barriers to health education
4. Cultural barriers include those customs, beliefs or religious
attitudes that may cause problems. social diversity and language
variation.
5- Barriers related to audience-:
 Lack of time to learn.
 Lack of support and ongoing positive reinforcement.
 Denial of learning need
 lack of experience

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 Barriers to health education
6-Barriers related to the teaching materials-:
Not presented in attractive and interesting manner.
 Not suite for mental level of the audience.
7-Barrier related to environment:-
Weather, poor ventilation, light, room size, seats
 Lack of resources ( computer, data show, microphone).
Lack of control and lack of privacy.

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ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU

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