NURSING Lecture Notes - Health Literacy, Health Communication, Life Skills
7 Aug 2022
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Education the action or process of teaching someone, especially in a school, colleges or university. It is the knowledge, skills and understanding the one gets from attending a school or teaching class. Health education comprises of consciously constructed opportunities for learning involving some form of communication designed to improve health literacy, including improving knowledge and developing life skills which are conducive to individual and community health. (who) Aspects of health education: information, education, communication. Section: n01: uses clear, simple language with local expressions. It emphasizes short term benefits of action: it provides opportunities for dialogue, discussion, and learner participation and feedback, it uses demonstrations to show the benefits of adopting the practices. The primary role of health educators is to develop appropriate health education programs in consultation with the people they serve through: planning, implementing, & evaluating the health plans/ programs. Current trends in health education: empowering people, channels for health education, health communication, public health.
