PRINCIPLES, METHODS & STRATEGIES OF TEACHING HEALTH EDUCATION
Chapter 1: Overview of Education on Health Care and Change
General Instructions:
1. Read the provided materials carefully and conduct additional research to deepen your
understanding.
2. Complete the Written Learning Activities.
3. Submit your completed activity on the following dates:
a. Lesson Discussion Questions – June 18, 2025
b. Written Leaning Activities – June 20, 2025
LESSON OUTLINE
A. Definition of Terms
a. Health
A condition that permits optimal functioning of the individual, enabling to live and to
serve best her personal and social relationship (Sharman, 1948).
b. Education
An interactive process of imparting knowledge, through sharing, explaining, clarifying
and synthesizing the substantive content of the learning process, for the learner to arrive
at positive judgement and well-developed wisdom and behaviour.
c. Health Education
It is the sum of all experiences which favourably influence habits, attitudes and
knowledge relating to individual, community and racial health.
B. Purposes of Health Education
a. It is a means to propagate health promotion and disease prevention.
b. It may be used to modify or continue health behaviors.
c. It provides health information and services to clients.
d. It is meant to emphasize on good health practices as an integral part of culture, media and
technology.
e. It disseminates information of vital public importance.
f. It is a form of advocacy.
C. Type of Health Education
a. Health education focuses on the body and how to take care of it;
b. Health education and services make "sensible" use of health care resources; and
c. Health education relates to the wider environment.
D. Dimensions of the Health Education Process
a. Substantive dimension - "what is taught and what is learned"
b. Procedural dimension teaching method and learner activities used.
c. Environmental dimension -teaching-learning situation. physical and social factors in the
d. Human relations dimension - includes persons involved in the nursing care practice that
influence the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process.
E. Aspects of Health Education
a. Behavioral sciences
b. Public health
c. Education
F. Aims of the Health Care Education
a. Provides guidance and instruction to all and helps individuals attain physical fitness.
b. Promotes personal hygiene, environmental sanitation and a hazard free environment.
c. Helps individual’s live healthful lives.
d. Develop productive individuals
G. The Change Process
a. Perceived need for change.
b. Initiate group interaction.
c. Implement the change one step at a time.
d. Evaluate the overall results of change and make further adjustments
H. Strategies in Managing Change
a. Thinking-Practice Strategy - assumes that learners are rational beings
b. Interest and Commitment Strategy assumes that learners act consistently with their socio-
cultural norms.
c. Power-and Self Discipline Strategy - learners are coerced to comply with instructions.
I. Factors Affecting Change
a. Culture
b. Demographics
c. Socioeconomic Conditions and Environmental Circumstances
d. State of Wellness and Development
J. Health Remedies Used by Filipinos
a. Home remedies
b. Traditional healing techniques
c. Supernatural healing or faith healers
d. Regulated drugs or medicines
e. Over-the-counter drugs
LESSON DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Direction: Answer the following discussion question for Chapter 1.
1. How do your differentiate education, health, and health education?
2. In what ways is education essential in promoting health in communities?
3. Why is the human relations dimension crucial in delivering effective health education?
4. Can a health education program be successful if one of the four dimensions is weak? Why or why
not?
5. Why is it important to combine public health principles and educational techniques in delivering
health messages?
6. How can health professionals respect traditional beliefs while promoting evidence-based
treatments?
WRITTEN LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Activity 1: Purposes of Health Education
Instructions:
Match each purpose of health education with a real-life application. Then explain how this purpose
contributes to improved public health.
Purpose Example Situation
1. Propagate health promotion and disease prevention
2. Modify or continue health behaviors
3. Provide health information and services
4. Emphasize health in culture, media, and
technology
5. Disseminate vital public information
Purpose Example Situation
6. Form of advocacy
Activity 2: Comparison and Contrast
Instructions: Write a comparison paragraph discussing how traditional Filipino health remedies differ
from modern medical practices, and how a health educator can bridge the gap between the two.
Activity 3: Health Education Process Dimensions
Instructions:
Identify and explain the four dimensions of the health education process. Then, choose one dimension and
describe how you would apply it in a real health teaching session.
Dimension Definition How to Apply in Practice
Substantive
Procedural
Environmental
Human Relations
