HEALTH EDUCATION WITH INDIVIDUAL,

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

-RAKSHA YADAVB.Sc Hons. Nursing 4th Year

AIIMS Jodhpur

CONTENTS Introduction Definition of health education Approaches to health education: Individual approach Group approach Health education with community Summary Conclusion

A proverb says- “You can lead a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink, unless he wants to” but the concept has improved upon and nowadays “Make the horse thirsty, before you take him and show the water”.

In other words make the people realize that health is most valuable asset which will shape their activities. Then it is easy task for health professionals to enrich people with health education

As per WHO- “Health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes”.

1. INDIVIDUAL APPROACH

Personal contact/face to face discussion To: Understand client attitudes Clear their doubts Correct misconceptions Identify & remove barriers in the way of

adapting health practices

Steps to individual approach include- > Planning for visit > Conducting individual interview > Follow up

INDIVIDUAL APPROACH

Personal contact

Home visits

Personal letters

2. GROUP HEALTH EDUCATION

Group size should be < 20-25 members It is based on the principle that the members of

the group are helped to think, discuss, decide and then follow up their decisions by action

Lecture method

Group discussion

Demonstrations

Panel discussions

Symposium Workshops Role playing Skit

Conferences Field trip

3. Health education in community It is meant for a defined community: To create awareness To help people understand their health problems

and needs To find alternative solution, implement them Evaluate and get feedback

Health education in community requires support of local leaders who are influential and have people’s support (Sarpanch, Patwari, School teacher etc)

Target populations:-Although intervention strategy is community based, interventions target specific populations & it includes- Identifying specific population Assessing shared risk behaviors And making education plan accordingly

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