Health Sciences 2250A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hypercholesterolemia, Victim Blaming, Health Promotion

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2250A/B
• Professor: Jennifer Irwin

Document Summary

Health science 2250 textbook chapter 1: health education, health promotion, health education specialists and program planning. Chronic diseases are the most common, deadly and costly, but also the most preventable. They are the most preventable because four modifiable risk behaviours lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, tobacco use and excessive alcohol use. Because of the increased interest in health and changing health behaviour, health professionals are now faced with providing the public with information. Good health education and health promotion programs are needed to assist people in reducing their health risks in order to obtain and maintain good health. Green and kreuter defined health education as any planned combination of learning experiences designed to predispose, enable and reinforce voluntary behaviour conductive to health in individuals, groups or communities. Health promotion is not to be confused with health education: health promotion is a broader term than health education.