SRINAGARIND MEDICAL JOURNAL

Volume 36, No. 02, Month MARCH, Year 2021, Pages 246 - 251

Health education

Pat Nonjui

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Health education is an essential component for health promotion and prevention of disease, especially in non-communicable diseases. The aim of health education is to encourage people to change behavior to be healthier. Health care providers should know and understand the fundamentals of health education, related theories, and development of using technology in health education. Then, they will have an ability to provide health education in an area of services to promote health in the population.

Keywords

Health education; Health promotion; Health belief model

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