Principles of Health promotion Health education.pptx

Principles of Health promotion Health education

1. Principles of Health promotion & Health education

2. Health education in science of medicine and art of general education It involves, inculcating habits of healthful living-Attaining optimum possible health Introduction

3. Credibility Interest Participation Motivation Comprehension Reinforcement Learning by doing Know to unknown Setting an example Good human relation Feedbacks Leaders Principles of Health Education

4. Good health education must be consistence, and compatible with scientific knowledge and also with local culture, education system. The message should be trust worthy and acceptable Credibility

5. Health educator must find the real health needs of the people People accept it only if is their own program i.e., address their needs. Interest

6. Participation is the keyword based on the psychological principle of learning. Participation of the people tends to create. Involvement Acceptance Decision making Participation

7. In every person, there is a fundamental desire to learn, awakening their desire is called motivation Primary motives: less, hunger , survival. Secondary motives: Praise, love , rivalry, reward, punishment etc. Motivation

8. I health education we must know the level of understanding, education and literacy if its people to whom the teaching directed. We should communicate in a language people understand . Teaching should be within the mental capacity if the audience. Comprehension

9. If there is no reinforcement, there is a chance of going back to pre-awareness stage. Repetition at interval is necessary . Reinforcemen t

10. Learning is an action process, not a memorizing one in the narrow sense. Chinese proverb I hear, I forget, I see, I remember, I do, I know. Learning by doing

11. Health education must be proceeded From known to unknown. From concrete to abstract. From particular to general. From simple to complex. From easy to more difficult. Known to Unknown

12. The heath educator should a good example in this things he is teaching If he is explaining the hazards of smoking, he will not be very successful if he himself smokes. Setting an example

13. Sharing of information, ideas and feelings happens most easily between people who have a good relationship. Building good relationship with people goes hand in hand with developing communication skills. Good human relations

14. Feedback is one of the key concepts of the system approach. Feed back cycle Discover issue Analyse cause Create options Commit to action Evaluate performance Improvement Feedback

15. In the work of health education, we try to penetrate the community through the local leaders, village hand man, the school teacher or the political worker. Leaders are agents of change, and they can be made use of in the health education work. Leaders

16. 1 Knowledge and skills actively required. 1 Knowledge instilled in the minds of people. 2 Make people think for themselves. 2 Prevent or discourage thinking by ready made slogans. 3 Disciplines primitive desires. 3 Arouses and simulates primitives desires. 4 Appeals to reason. 4 Appeals to emotion. 5 Develop individuality, personality and self expression. 5 Develops a standard pattern of attitudes and behavior according to the mauled used . 6 Knowledge acquired through self reliant activity. 5 Knowledge is spoon-fed and passively received. Health Education v/s Propaganda

17. Thank you - Md Moinuddin Lecture in family welfare Dep't of community medicine