Question

State the importance of Health education.

Mention the importance of health education.

Answer 1

1. Health education provides a positive impact on academic achievement through health-friendly outcomes. Well-designed and well-delivered school-based health interventions can enable students to prevent diseases and injuries. This will allow the students to devote more attention and time to studies.
2. This subject helps in encouraging people to adopt and sustain health-promoting lifestyles and practices which will improve the health status of individuals, families, communities, states and ultimately the nation.
3. It also instils optimum behaviour in children that prevent or delay the onset of the leading causes of death.
4. It promotes the proper use of available health services.
5. It enhances the quality of life for all people.
6. It plays a role in reducing premature deaths.
7. By focusing on prevention, health education reduces the costs (both financial and human) that individuals, employers, families, insurance companies, medical facilities, communities, the state and the nation would spend on medical treatment.
8. Health education helps in the assessment of individual and community needs, in relation to health.
9. Helps to plan health education programs.
10. Helps to implement health education programs.