HE 342 Introduction to Health Education

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HE 342 Introduction to Health Education

• Instructor Cynthia J. Petri, Ph.D., CHES
• Time/Day 900-950am
• Monday, Wednesday, Friday
• Prerequisites HE 141 Personal Health

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August 23, 2006

• Welcome!
• Why are you here?
• Course syllabus the Blackboard system
• Discussion of 1st assignment
• NOTE While textbook chapters will be reviewed
  in class, it is essential that you read the
  current chapter before class!!!

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HE 342 Introduction to Health Education

• Background for the Profession

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Background for the Profession

• Emerging profession?
• Why do some feel this way?
• Current status of Health Education
• Acceptance as a profession
• 19th century disease vs 21st century
• Objectives for the nation

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Key terms

• Health
• Health Education
• Health Promotion
• Public Health
• Coordinated School Health Program
• Wellness

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Measuring Health Status

• Rates
• Life Expectancy
• Years of Potential Life Lost
• Disability-Adjusted Life Years
• Health Surveys

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Goals Objectives of Health Education

• Improve the quality of life
• Hierarchy of Objectives Relation to Evaluation
• Plan, Implement, Evaluate

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Concepts of the Profession

• Health Field Concept
• Biology
• Environment
• Lifestyle
• Health Care System
• Put prevention on equal footing with the cure of
  disease

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Levels of Prevention

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary

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Risk Factors

• Inherited
• Environmental
• Behavioral
• These can increase the probability of morbidity
  and premature mortality

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Risk Factors, continued

• Modifiable
• Nonmodifiable
• Role of the Framingham Study

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Health Risk Reduction

• Communicable disease
• Noncommunicable disease

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Additional Principles

• Participation
• Ownership
• Ecological approaches
• Population-based approaches
• Advocacy
• Empowerment
• Cultural sensitivity
• Culturally competent