Health education is an educational process which is related to the positive change of knowledge,attitude and behaviour related to health.Without changing the unhealthy behaviour,we can't attain good health.
Alma-Alta deceleration(1978) of WHO has defined health education as "a process aimed at encouraging people to want to be healthy, to know how to stay healthy, to do what they can individually and collectively to maintain health and to seek health when needed." (WHO,1978)
The national conference on preventive medicine in USA has defined as "Health education is a process that informs,motivates and helps people to adopt and maintain healthy practises and life style,advocates environmental changes as needed facilitate this goal and conducts professional training and research to the same end. "
WHO export committee on health education define:"Health education is a process which enables the individuals and group of individuals to realize their health needs and match them to necessary health behaviours with change in knowledge,attitude and behaviour of people.In this most useful form, it is concentrated on the development of such practices as believe to attain the best possible state of well-being. "(WHO,Technical Report,1954)
In conclusion, health education is the translation of what is known about health into desirable individuals and community behaviour pattern by means of an educational process.In other words, it is concerned with the change in knowledge,attitude and behaviour of people in order to attain good health.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
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