HLTH 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Health Education, Health Promotion, Sunscreen
24 Sep 2018
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As an applied science, it derives its bodies of knowledge from a variety of disciplines. " Profession: a vocation or occupation requiring advanced education and training, and involving intellectual skills. Based on these definitions, health education fits as both, an emerging profession. Community health: health status of a defined group of people and the actions and conditions to protect and improve the health of the community. Health education: any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire information and skills need to make quality health decisions. Health promotion: any combination of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities. Chez exam know the responsibilities well, goes after name (like a degree) Promote, maintain, and improve individual and community health. Goal is to break the chain of infection or disease.
