What is Health Education?

Education for health begins with people. It helps them to motivate with whatever interests they may have in improving their living conditions and health education has something to do with it. It is indeed a broad topic to talk about and it requires a long time; a long time to discuss, a long time to understand, and a long time to put in action. That is why here comes a new way to let everybody understand clearly the real meaning of it. Using the letters of these two words you will finally know what health education is all about.

H - Health behaviors: actions that help prevent illness and promote health
E - Education on the restoration and maintenance of good health
A - Absence of illnesses: avoidance from poor health
L - Lessening the impact of stress, depression, and other emotional disturbances
T - Transmitted disease prevention
H - Health awareness

E - Effective tool to change unhealthy lifestyle of people
D - Development of life skills
U -Ultimate Positive Behavioral Modification: the use of empirically demonstrated behavior change techniques to improve behavior, such as altering an individual's behaviors and
reactions to stimuli positively
C - Condition of the body and mind
A - Absence of injuries or impairments
T - Tackles community and individual health
I - Improving knowledge on health literacy; individuals can obtain, process, and understand
the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions
O - Overall condition of the body and its vitality; capacity to do vigorous activity
N - Nutrition and weight control: achieving and maintaining a healthy weight by eating well
and getting regular physical activity

Understanding health education means saving one’s self from any harm. It is an effective tool that helps the people achieve desirable attitudes and practices related to critical health issues. Always remember that the greatest wealth that we can have is nothing but HEALTH.