health education

• Health


  A state of complete physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO)
• Learning


  • Change in behavior as a result of experience
  • Acquisition of knowledge
  • Process of gaining knowledge
  • Process by which behavior is changed, shaped or controlled
  • Individual process of constructing understanding based on experience
• Learning is a process
• Learning is a product
• Learning involves in the individual

  • Brain
  • Body
• Learning involves others


  • Dyads
  • Groups
  • Organizations
  • Communities
  • Society
• Learning takes place somewhere

  • In physical environment
  • With things and tools
• Products of Learning


  • Ideas & Concepts
  • Behaviours & Skills
  • Attitudes & Values
• Theory


  • Provides a general explanation for observations made over time
  • Explains and predicts behavior
• Period of Educated Nursing

  Mid-1800's
• Florence Nightingale


  • Mother of modern nursing
  • Founder of the first school of nursing
  • First health educator as she taught nurses, physicians, and other health officials about importance of clean, well-ventilated and well-lit environment
• Epistemology


  Philosophical theory of knowledge
• Psychology of Learning


  Beliefs about how people learn, our psychology of learning, profoundly influence our approach to education
• Broad Domains of Learning Theories

  • Behaviorist
  • Cognitivist
  • Social Constructivist
• Learning


  • Change in behavior as a result of experience
  • Acquisition of knowledge
  • Process of gaining knowledge
  • Process by which behavior is changed, shaped or controlled
  • Individual process of constructing understanding based on experience
• Learning is a process
• Learning is a product
• Learning involves in the individual

  • Brain
  • Body
• Learning involves others


  • Dyads
  • Groups
  • Organizations
  • Communities
  • Society
• Learning takes place somewhere

  • In physical environment
  • With things and tools
• Products of Learning


  • Ideas & Concepts
  • Behaviours & Skills
  • Attitudes & Values
• Theory


  • Provides a general explanation for observations made over time
  • Explains and predicts behavior
• Period of Educated Nursing

  Mid-1800's
• Florence Nightingale


  • Mother of modern nursing
  • Founder of the first school of nursing
  • First health educator as she taught nurses, physicians, and other health officials about importance of clean, well-ventilated and well-lit environment
• Epistemology


  Philosophical theory of knowledge
• Psychology of Learning


  Beliefs about how people learn, our psychology of learning, profoundly influence our approach to education
• Broad Domains of Learning Theories

  • Behaviorist
  • Cognitivist
  • Social Constructivist