2. HEALTH EDUCATION
Health education is a process of providing information and advice on healthy lifestyle and encourage them to develop knowledge, attitudes and skills that aims at changing behaviour of individuals and communities.
OBJECTIVES OF HEALTH EDUCATION
• Informing people
• Motivating people
• Guiding people’s action
CONTENTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION
• HUMAN BIOLOGY: it is important to start teaching this from kindergarten and the children should be taught different parts of the body and their function
• NUTRITION: people needs to be taught the nutrient value in food stuff and their effects on health, so that they can choose optimum and balanced diets.
• HYGIENE: people should be taught the importance of hygiene, its methods and ways
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• To guide the client to master the knowledge related to the care of illness and healing in order to increase the abilities of self-health care self- care. In this sense, the client will become a healthy person and with high quality of life.
• To establish an environment that helps individual to change behaviour that will help individual adopt the advisable decision making and to select the behaviour that will promote health.
However cultural beliefs, philosophical beliefs, and economic are still a big barriers to the good outcomes of health education in our society today. All the scientific knowledge, financial resources and manpower in the world can force health measures on people.
3. COUNSELLING
Counselling is the act of helping the client to see things more clearly, possibly from a different point of view that could enable the client to focus on feelings, experiences or behaviour, with a goal to facilitating positive change.
OBJECTIVES OF COUNSELLING
• To get clarity into ones problem
• To help accept ones weaknesses and
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4. EVALUATION
Evaluation is a process of making judgements which now forms the basis for planning. It is a way of establishing goals by checking the measures through collection of evidence concerning how to achieve the goal.
SCOPE OF EVALUATION
• Identifies strength and weakness, needs and demands, difficulties and problems.
• Provides baseline for guidance and counselling
• An effective way of appraising or methods of instruction
• A tool and technique for development
• Interpretation of result
TYPES OF EVALUATION
1. Formative evaluation: it starts during the project development and continues throughout the project. Its aim is to assess the ongoing project activities and monitor to provide information that will improve the project. This is done at several points in the developmental process of the project and its
Are met by professionals, because due to their illness they are experiencing changes and therefore the relevant staff will be able to help with the specific care that they need for their specific needs. This will help professionals to be able to support the client in the best possible way that will benefit them overall when receiving their care
A personal philosophy of counselling Introduction My personal odyssey into the realm of counselling has been quite the reluctant adventure. The perilous journey from childhood to adulthood was difficult to navigate given the cognitive map that had been handed down. My father was a functioning alcoholic who was both physically and verbally abusive. My mother was a martyr prone to mood swings and suicidal thoughts.
The cost of health insurance is quickly on the rise, and employers and employees alike are feeling the financial weight. A large portion of high medical claims are associated with obesity and lifestyle choices, some of which can be reduced by making healthy changes. Due to the rise in cost, many employers are rewarding employees for participating in health screenings that measure things such as body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar levels, lifestyle choices such a tobacco or excessive alcohol use, exercise, mental health, and amount of sleep. Employees can impact the cost of their healthcare by learning about their health risks, making lifestyle changes, and becoming accountable for their own health. Upon completing
I strongly value my health and believe that health is our greatest form of wealth. When one lives a healthy lifestyle, it means more opportunities to explore the world, build families, achieving anything the heart desires and conquering personal goals. The behavior change philosophy fits my personal philosophy of health education the most because it involves goal setting, behavioral contracts and self-monitoring to help foster the modification of an unhealthy habit. The behavior change philosophy is very important because change is a process, not an event. Self-efficacy and motivation are key factors in successful behavior changes.
Certainly this refers to teaching as well. A teacher is a lifelong learner, thus, by evaluating my teaching I would be able to recognize my strengths and weaknesses, and as a result become better at my profession. One of the aspects of evaluation is a Continuous Professional Development process (evidence 6), which ensures improving the vocational and subject knowledge continuously. One of the responsibilities would be abidance with regulatory requirements, legislation, policies and procedures, and codes of practice.
Health promotion is the delivery of information and education both to individuals and to the nation, which will help them to make positive lifestyle choices. It helps people to empower (take control) over the factors that affect their own health and so do something to develop their health and wellbeing. Health promotion cannot be forced on people it is done so that individuals are given enough good and accurate information for them to make up their own minds on actions to take that will make a positive change. What is its purpose?
“Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food” (Hardy, 2006). The Greeks followed this idea by the philosopher Hippocrates, but today’s society does not take the message seriously. A majority of people eat harmful foods and do not receive the nutrition they need to stay healthy. There are a number of reasons why nutrition is lacking. A lot of teens and college students eat snacks that are not healthy such as chips, pop, candy, etc.
But in counselling our worldview is define by how we think about everyday matters, cause of behaviour that trigger emotional distress and problems. (Meleod, 2007) state that to be a “good” counsellor we must know our self-awareness, belief values and what our personal feeling and thoughts are, and how it can help us engage with clients in the counselling practice. While Egan state that it important for counsellor to believe in the counselling process and formed a good therapeutic relationship that allow clients to trust them and feel accepted without being judge regardless of their problem or cultures. (Egan.
My perspective on holistic nursing and self-care Introduction In context of World Health Organization, self-care is often defined as activities individuals, families and communities undergoes with the motive of increasing health, overcoming disease, limiting illness and restoring health ("What is", n.d.). The knowledge and skills are gained from both professional and lay experiences for such activities. According to Klebanoff & Hess (2013), holistic nursing is defined as all nursing practice that has only motive of healing the whole person as its prime goal. A holistic nurse is like a licensed nurse who often incorporates a “mind-body-spirit-emotion-environment” approach to the practice of traditional nursing.
Health promotion and health education have many similarities, despite them being distinctly different. Health promotion and health education are both very important, especially when being used as tools in the hands of different authority figures and policy makers. Health promotion and health education both advocate for health in a systematic way or as a planned application, however we learned in class that anyone can promote health, but not everyone can be a health educator when it comes to health education. Health promotion entails methods by enabling individuals to gain control over the determinants of their overall health. The prerequisites of health are addressed by developing healthy public policies.
In addition to this, physical needs were also met through maintenance of hygiene. The provision of school hygiene and sanitation ensured the rights of the children to acceptable hygiene practises, safe water supply, latrines and a healthy school environment in general. This had beneficial effects as a healthy environment facilitated a more effective learning and it allowed children to have an opportunity to gain life-long positive hygiene behaviours. Hygiene education and awareness also prevented children from contracting illnesses which could result in them missing vital school
Counselling is a talking therapy that involves interactive relationship of client and counsellor. Counselling offers opportunity for clients to talk to the counsellor about their problems and feelings in a confidential environment. A counsellor generally helps the clients to see things from a different perspective and find their own solutions based on their own beliefs. The main aim is to enable the clients to develop a better understanding of self and be able to make changes to cope with difficulties in their lives, by reaching their own decisions and act upon them accordingly to develop a satisfying life.
The counsellor gathers information to understand the client’s problem and how it affects the client and his environment. The counsellor will also explore on the factors that probably cause the problem and aspects which may relieve it. Lastly, the information gathered is to assist the counsellor to know the client’s understanding of the presenting problem and efforts to resolve the
Over the past one and half month, the class of PDE 502 (Counselling and Career Education) has taught me some major lessons for life in dealing with the clients in response to their emotional needs. The role of a counsellor is not unlike that of a friend where by it is nurtured by being in each other’s company, talking over everyday issues and sharing feelings. However, what sets a counsellor apart is their experience and the ability to apply counselling theories and techniques to assist people in gaining awareness, insight and explore ways of solving their own issues.
Counselling skills are initiated in order to help the person to talk, making sense of their situation, developing these ideas about what the counsellor can do, and out these ideas into action. Individuals think, feel and react in different ways. By integrating different ways of helping people bring change in their lives, a counsellor can work with each client to produce a unique therapy adapted to suit what that client wants, and