Health Education in Action

Health education in
action

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Covered in Brochure....................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
Covered in Brochure....................................................................................................................1
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................1
P4. Comparison and contrast of heath education and heath promotion along with strategies
used for effect health improvement ............................................................................................1
P5. Describing the ways theoretical models are reflected in distinct local health education
campaigns....................................................................................................................................4
M3. Explaining how distinct models of health education are used for eliciting behavioural
changes.........................................................................................................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................6
P6. Explaining needs for health education initiative by using existing local demographic data
along with relevant theoretical model..........................................................................................6
P7. Producing an accurate detailed plan for local health education initiate which addresses
current health issue of locality.....................................................................................................7
M4. Implementing a well planned local health education initiative which addresses an existing
local health issue........................................................................................................................10
D2. Evaluation of success of health education initiative as well as making recommendation for
future health education and campaigns......................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Health education is mentioned to a social science which draws from environmental,
physical, biological, medical along with psychological science fro promoting health as well as
preventing disease, premature death, disability, etc by education driven activities. It presents
information to wider audience on specifics health related topic which comprises heath benefits or
threats faced in society and delivers tools for the purpose of building capacity together with
support behaviour change within appropriate setting (Alexander and et.al., 2020). It is any
combination of learning experiences that are designed for assisting individuals addition to
communities to improvise their health through enhancing their either enhancing their knowledge
or influencing attitudes. To understand about health education in action, Nortfolk Community
Health and Care Trust is taken into consideration which is a subsidiary of NHS that is a health
care system that aspires to highest standards of professionalism along with excellence. The
company belongs to people and works for improving health and well-being of citizens across the
nation.
The report explores relationship among theoretical models related to health education and
health behaviour. Further, a health education initiate is implemented by using a theoretical model
of health education that addresses existing local health issue.
TASK 1
Covered in Brochure
TASK 2
Covered in Brochure
TASK 3
P4. Comparison and contrast of heath education and heath promotion along with strategies used
for effect health improvement
Health education can be said to a principle that positively influences health behaviour of
communities, people and working situation to influence their status of health. It builds
knowledge, positive attitudes addition to skills about health. At same time, it teaches about
emotional, physical and social health (Alqurashi and et. al., 2020). When heath education
programmes are used by healthcare systems then it motivates practitioners to improve together
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with maintain health status of citizens, prevent disease along with minimise risky behaviours.
Nortfolk Community Health and Care Trust is a local charity based heath clinic which operate
under NHS. The clinic is located at Nortfolk, England. The practitioners of the clinic have
identified number of health issues in the locality. Nortfolk has higher rates of chronic diseases
including heart disease, diabetes, obesity and hypertension.
Health promotion refers to a process that enables people to enhance control over as well
as improve their health. In other words, it helps people to increase their control on health along
with its determinants that leads to major improvements in health of population. The concept of
health promotion is an universal adopted phenomenon that is undertaken to attain equity in
health. Nortfolk Community Health and Care Trust is a local charity based heath clinic which
undertakes various health promotion actions with the objective of decreasing differences in
existing health status within the locality and ensuring that equal resources addition to
opportunities are provided to each citizen for accomplishing their fullest potentials of health
(Anderko and et.al., 2019).
Comparison between health education to that of health promotion
Basis of
comparison
Heath education Health promotion
Meaning Heath education is defined as an
profession to educate individuals
for health. It is the principle that
helps people to learn for behaving
in conducive manner for their
health. It takes shape of field of
study.
Health promotion is termed to the
activity which makes people
awareness to increase control
together with improve their health. It
takes shape of advertisements
(Barbieri and et.al., 2018).
Objective The ultimate objective behind
health education is to improve
status of health of community and
its population. In Nortfolk
Community Health and Care Trust,
health education activities are
Health promotion serve major
objective of higher education
through supporting individuals as
well as building healthy learning
environment. It aims to reduce
differences within existing health
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