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Education for health begins with people as they are, with whatever interests they may have in improving their Living Conditions . Its aim is to develop in them a sense of responsibility for health conditions, as individuals and as members of families and communities. In communicable disease control, health education commonly includes an appraisal of what is known by a population about a disease, an assessment of habits and attitudes of the people as they relate to spread and frequency of the disease, and the presentation of specific means to remedy observed deficiencies. ( Washington State Department of Health )

Health education is included in the curriculum of most schools. In the and a positive Self Image ; appreciation, respect for, and care of the Human Body and its Vital Organ s; Physical Fitness ; health issues of Alcohol , Tobacco and Drug Use and Abuse ; health misconceptions and quackery; effects of exercise on the body systems and on general well being; Nutrition and Weight Control ; Sexual Relationship s, the scientific, social and economic aspects of community and ecological health; Communicable and Degenerative Disease s including Sexually Transmitted Disease s; Disaster Preparedness ; safety and driver education; choosing professional medical and health services; and choices of health careers.


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  • B. G. Simons-Morton, W. H. Greene, & N. H. Gottlieb. ''Introduction to Health Education and Health Promotion.'' 2nd edition. Waveland Press, 1995.



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