LESSON PLAN ON HEALTH EDUCATION

NAME OF THE STUDENT :

NAME OF THE TOPIC :

NAME OF THE SUBJECT :

GROUP :

DATE /TIME :

DURATION :

METHODS OF TEACHING :

A.V AIDS :

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE :

NAME OF THE EVALUVATOR :

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE :

GENERAL OBJECTIVES :

At the end of the class the student will be able to gain knowledge , skill , attitude regarding
health education and apply the knowledge in clinical practice

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE :

The student will be able to know

 introduce the topic

 enlist the aims of health education
 mention the objective of health education
 elaborate the principles of health education
 specify the process of health education
 discuss the importance of health education
 explain the content of health education
 describe the stages of health education
 point out the methods and media of health education
 identify the models of health education
 list bdown the scope of health education
  enmurate the role of health education

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Introd The practice of instructing people and communities in
1. 2m uce the principles of hygiene in ways of avoiding disease
ins the is very ancient one.
topic Health education is a vital part of community health
nursing,because the promotion ,maintenance and
restoration of health require that patients
understand health care requirements.

DEFINITION
Process of providing information and advice related
to healthy lifestyle and encouraging the development
of knowledge,attitude and skills aimed at behavior
change of individuals or communities.
WHO
Health education a process aimed at encouraging
people to want to be healthy,to do what they can
individually and collectively to maintain health and to
seek help when needed.
2m define Alma Ata Declaration -1978
ins the AIMS OF HEALTH EDUCATION.
health Health promotion and disease prevention .
educa Early diagnosis and management.
tion. Utilization of available health services.
To impact desirable health practices.
To develop positive altitude toward health.
To improve the school and community health ststus.
OBJECTIVES
To make health an assets valued by the community
To increase knowledge of the factors that affect
health.
To encourage behavior which promotes services
especially preventive services.
To inform the public about medical advance their
uses and theire limitation

PRINCIPLES
Credibility
Motivation
Participation
Comprehension
Good human relation
Known to unknown
Reinforcement
Learning by doing
Feedback

CREDIBILITY
Credibility it is the degree by which the message to
be communicated is perceived as trust worthy by the
receiver.
MOTIVATION
Awakening the desire to know about learn there are
two types of motive
 primart
 secondary
PRIMARY :
Primary are driving forces initiating people into
action these motives are in born desires Eg. hunger ,
sex, survival .

SECONDARY :
Secondary are based on desire created by out
side force or incentives Eg. praise love ,recognition ,
competition , punishment .

PATICIPATION

Health education aimed to encourage people to

work actively with health worker and other in
identifying their own health problems and also in
developing solution and plans to work together .

COMPREHENSION
health education we should always
communicate in the simple language that people
can understand , never use strange or new words.

GOOD HUMANS RELATIONS

Sharing of ideas information and feelings.

KNOWN TO UNKNOWN
There are things known and things unknown and
between are the doors.
REINFORCEMENT
Reinforcement if the message repeated in different
ways with reinforcement ,people are more likely to
remember it.
LEARNING BY DOINNG
Learning is an action process not a memorizing one.
FEEDBACK
To modifies elements of the system
(message,channels)

PROCESS
To assess the patients learning needs.
To establish the teaching and learning objectives.To
implement the teaching plan.
To evaluate the teaching and learning.

IMPORTANCE
Health education allows people to take care of
themselves.
Gives information needed to make informed
decision about health and lifestyle.
Helps in building healthy individuals and society.
Leads to improve physical,mental,and social health.
Provide timely informationabout disease and
protects society.
Emphasis on healthy child rearingpractices resulting
in healthy adults.

CONTENTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION

Human biology
Nutrition
Hygiene
Family health
Disease,prevention and control
Mental health
Prevention of accidents
Use of health services.

HUMAN BIOLOGY
UNICEF has dreawn up the following basic list of
health information which it believes every family
has a right to know;
Child spacing
Safe motherhood
Weaning and child growth
House hygiene
Breast feeding
Immunization

NUTRITION
Ignorance about the value of breast feeding beyond
the first year.
Misconception about weaning.

HYGIENE
 PERSONAL HYGIENE
ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE
PERSONAL HYGIENE
To promotes standards of personal cleanliness
within the condition where people live. It includes;
bathing,clothing,washing hands,care of nails,feet
and teeth.
ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE
1.Domestic hygiene
2.Comunity hygiene
DOMESTIC HYGIENE
It compreises of home,use of soap,need for fresh
air,light and ventilation etc.
COMMUNITY HYGIENE
It includes improvement of basic sanitary services
consisting of water supply,disposal of human
excreta and other wastes,vector control food
sanitationetc.
FAMILY HEALTH
To promote family self reliance especially regarding
child bearing,child rearing,selfcare and in
infliuencingtheir children adopth a healthy life style.
DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Education of the people about the prevention and
control of locally endemic diseases is the first of
eight essential activities in primary health care.
MENTAL HEALTH
The aims of education in mental health is to help
people to keep mentally healthy and to learn to
enjoy their relationships with others.
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS
Accidents are the feature of the complexity of the
modern life.accidents occurs in three main areas:the
home,the road and place of work.
USE OF HEALTH SERVICES
Many people particularly in rural ares do not kown
what health services are available in theire
community.

STAGES FOR HEALTH EDUCATION

Stage of sensitization
Stages of publicity
Stages of education
Stages of attitude change
Stages of motivation and action
Stages of community transformation
STAGES OF SENSITIZATION
People are sanitized regarding an emergent issues
and message like,AIDS causes death.
STAGES OF PUBLICITY
Medias and all possible means of advertising are
used for provoding information to the public on the
subject.
STAGES OF EDUCATION
Education for the disinterested and illiterate people
of Pakistan .
STAGES OF ATTITUDE CHANGES
The attitude of people towards their own good
health changes.
STAGES OF MOTIVATION
Adequate knownledge is provided to the people and
they have developed a positive attitude toward the
healthy changes,their action in the right direction
have to be aided through urging them to change the
behavior.
STAGES OF COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION(SOCIAL
CHANGE)
After the achievement all these stages,the whole
community is then transformed inti a healthy
community.

METHODS AND MEDIA OF HEALTH EDUCATION

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH EDUCATION

Doctors and nurse,who are in direct contact with
patients and their relatives,have opportunities for
much individuals health education.
The biggest advantages of individuals health
teaching is thath we can discuss,argue and persuade
the individual to change his behavior.
The disadvantages is that the numbers we reach
are small.
GROUP HEALTH EDUCATION
The group are many-mothers,school
children,patients,industriel workers-to whom we can
direct health teaching.

MODELS OF HEALTH EDUCATION

Medical Model
Motivational Models
Social Intervention Models.
MEDICAL MODEL
Dissemination of health information based on
scientific based on scirntific facts.
In this model social,cultural and pdychological
factors were throught to be little or no importance.
MOTIVATIONAL MODELS
Motivational models of health education
conceptualizes that people are motivated to
changes behavior to healthy practices,when a
particular health behavior addresses or arouse their
need.
Interpersonal communication is vital to lend
support to his decision making internalization.
SOCIAL INTERVENTIONAL MODEL
In some situations it is not the individual who needs
to be changed but the social environment which
shapes the behaviors of the individual and
community.

SCOPE OF HEALTH EDUCATION

School,home and family health.
Community ,mental health.
Hospital and disease prevention and control.
Nutrition ,human biology.
Emergency and first aid.
Use of health services.

ROLE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN HEALTH

EDUCATION
Provide opportunities for people to learn about
health related problems.
Make health and health related information easily
accessible to the community.
Indicate the people alternative solution for health
problems.
People must have access to proven preventive
measure.

SUMMARY

I summarized the topic health education

introduction,definition,aims,objectives,principles,pro
cess,importance,content,stages,methods and
medis,models,scope,component,role of health care
provider in health education.

CONCLUSION
Therefore I concluded the topic health education . I
gained the knowledge and skills regarding this topic.

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