Health education

Author: Chen Hong
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book is one of the teaching materials for the project of cultivating and training skilled personnel with urgent needs. It is designed to meet the needs of the development of higher vocational education in China and follows the writing requirements of the national health vocational education series reform teaching materials in the 21st century. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic concepts and related theories of health education, as well as the basic procedures and methods for conducting health education, and the essential skills that health education workers should possess. The book is structured into three modules: the basic module, the practical module, and the optional learning module. The basic and practical modules are the fundamental standards and common requirements, and all majors are required to study them. Considering that the primary target audience of this textbook are nursing and midwifery students, detailed explanations of nursing health education are provided for these two majors, including specific introductions to the steps and application methods of nursing health education. Other majors can consider this part as optional content. The book is divided into 10 chapters, with chapters 1–6 covering introduction, health behavior, health psychology, health communication, health education design, implementation, and evaluation, as well as health counseling. Chapters 7–10 cover community health education, family health education, hospital health education, and nursing health education. Each chapter includes learning objectives, summaries, and objective assessment questions. At the end of the textbook, there are practical guidance, basic teaching requirements, and suggestions for the distribution of teaching hours.