EPE 2612_UNIT 7.pptx

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION Chapter 7 Planning A Health Education Projects LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:  Identify the health education projects to be introduced to the community. Identify the tar...

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION Chapter 7 Planning A Health Education Projects LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:  Identify the health education projects to be introduced to the community. Identify the target group of a health education project. Identify the influential people to be involved in the health education project. State the methods to be applied to introduce the project to the target group. Assess the commitment of the community in the health education project.  What is a health education project? A project to promote an understanding of health - to educate about the growth and development, about physiology and about the factors which may militate against healthy living. (Keith Tones & Louise Davison, 1979)  Identification of Health Education projects & target groups  Health educators can operate at 3 equivalent levels in the preventive model: a) Primary level b) Secondary level c) Tertiary level  PRIMARY LEVEL Dealing with health groups who may require knowledge and information about health threats to which they are likely to be exposed.  SECONDARY LEVEL Dealing with both at risk and ill groups. Those at risk or at higher-than-average risk need more than information as they may be required to change their behavior. They may be influenced by both non-medical health educators and / or the medical and nursing professions. The ill groups are traditionally looked after by medical and nursing personnel. Mammogram Exercise program  TERTIARY LEVEL  Required those who cannot anticipate a complete return to normal health.  Such health education is necessary to ensure adequate recovery, rehabilitation and prevention of relapse.  Identification of influential people  Community head  Ring leaders  Educated people  Community leaders  Associations  Religion leaders How would you like your health education project to be introduced?  Seminar  Speech  Through religious gathering  Exhibition  Schools  Face-to-face  Competition Examples of activities that can be conducted in college settings.  Fitness and wellness classes  Health fairs related to nutrition  Seminars on stress management  Healthy cooking workshops  Mental health support groups  Campus competitions on physical fitness Assessing commitment of community  Follow-up  Interview  Observation  Feedback from leaders THANK YOU