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Concept of Sickness


                         Sickness is a state of social dysfunction: a role that an individual assumes

                  when he is ill.


                  Definition of Health Education


                         Health education is the development of individual, group, institutional,

                  community,  systemic  strategies  and  focuses  specifically  on  ways  to  improve

                  health knowledge, attitudes, skills and behavior using various approaches to

                  positively influence the health behavior of individuals and ultimately the health

                  of communities.


                  Other Definition of Health Education


                          “A combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary

                  actions conducive to health.”


                  The  terms  “combination,  designed,  facilitate  and  voluntary  action”  have

                  significant implications in this definition.

                  Combination:  emphasizes  the  importance  of  matching  the  multiple

                  determinants  of  behavior  with  multiple  learning  experiences  or  educational

                  interventions.

                  Designed: distinguishes health education from incidental learning experiences

                  as systematically planned activity.

                  Facilitate means create favorable conditions for action.

                  Voluntary action means behavioral measures are undertaken by an individual,

                  group or community to achieve an intended health effect without the use of

                  force, i.e., with full understanding and acceptance of purposes.

                  Health promotion is defined as a combination of educational and environmental

                  supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to health.



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