Education for
Health according to the
World Health Organization (1986) is a tool that enables health promotion, in
trying to understand the learning opportunities consciously created and thus
represent a form of communication anchored to improve literacy in the health
issue, thus including improving knowledge of the population in relation to
health and the development of personal skills that lead to the health of the
community and individual.
Education aims to develop health habits
and knowledge acquisition educate and promote healthy life styles that allow
fully promote the development and well - being, family and community.
Health
education addresses
not only the transmission of data and information, but also promotes
motivation, self -esteem and personal skills necessary for measures to
improve health. The health education includes not only
information on the economic, social and environmental conditions that influence
health, but also as regards risk behaviors and risk factors, and the
use of health care system.
The main objectives to support the health education are
positive behaviors that promote general health, self - control and
self - management of citizens, environmental changes
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