Topic outline
Topic 1
Starting your Health Education Work: Basic Principles
Definition and concepts of health
Narrow perspectives of health
Broader perspectives of health
Physical health
Psychological health
Cognitive component
Emotional component
Social component
Health education
Rationale for health education
Health promotion
Finding out what’s going on in your community
Participation
Using multiple methods and materials in health education
Organising and planning
Audience segmentation
Needs-based assessment
Motivation
Topic 2
Approaches to Health Education
Targets of health education
Individuals
Groups
Community
Educational objectives of health education
Decision-making
Goals of health education
Informed decision-making
Approaches in health promotion
Behaviour change
Self-empowerment
Community development
Health programmes and health education
Topic 3
Factors Affecting Human Health
Health and human behaviour
Types of health behaviours
The Health Field Concept
Risk factors and human health and behaviour
The role of health education in risk reduction
The chain of infection model
The communicable disease model
Health risk reduction for non-communicable diseases
Topic 4
Human Behaviour and Health: 1
Levels of disease prevention
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
Determinants of human behaviour
Social diagnosis
Epidemiological diagnosis
Educational diagnosis
Environmental and behavioural diagnosis
Factors affecting behaviour
Predisposing factors
Enabling factors
Reinforcing Factors
Topic 5
Human Behaviour and Health: 2
Perspectives on health and illness
Explanations of illness
Naturalistic explanation
Personalistic explanation
The Health Belief Model
Theory of Diffusion of Innovations
Five stages of the adoption process
Rate of adoption
Adopter categories
Topic 6
Principles of Learning
Characteristics of learning
Steps in learning
Principles of adult learning
- Readiness
Exercise
Effect
Primacy
Recency
Intensity
Freedom
Factors affecting learning
Physiological factors
Psychological factors
Environmental factors
Teaching methodology
Topic 7
Introduction to Health Communication
Concepts of communication
Health communication
Objectives of health communication
Levels of health communication
Individuals
Social networks
Organisations
Communities
Society
One-way communication
Two-way communication
Topic 8
Components of Health Communication
The source (sender)
The receiver or audience
Before you communicate
The message
Types of appeals in health communication
The channel
Types of communication channels
The rules for selecting channels
Feedback
Stages of health communication
Topic 9
Methods and Approaches of Health Communication
Intrapersonal communication
Interpersonal communication
Mass communication
Oral or verbal communication
Written communication
Non-verbal communication
Approaches to health communication
Barriers to effective communication
Topic 10
How to Teach Health Education and Health Promotion
Teaching methods
Health talks
Lecture
Group discussion
Buzz group
Demonstration
Role play
Drama
Traditional means of communication
Health learning materials
Printed materials
Visual materials
Audio and audio-visual materials
Topic 11
Counselling and Group Work in Health Education
Individual health education
Qualities of a good counsellor
Approaches to counselling
Places to conduct counselling
Health education with groups
Group dynamics
Group functions
School health education
The role of health professionals in the school programme