Health Education for Encouragement to Medical Students

Physician - Epidemiologist / Khaled M. AlmazAssistant lecturer, Community Medicine Department,

Aswan University hospital, Aswan, EgyptMaster Degree in Public Health , October 2011Master Degree in Internal Medicine , April 2015

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Religion ( Islamic Religion )Risk Benefit Ratio

Religious Islamic principle: "No harm and no.....?"

ضرار   ال و ضرر الاألولويات) ( فقه

Religion ( Islamic Religion ) … cont,

األولويات ) ( فقه ضرار ال و ضرر الOn the authority of Abu Sa’Eed Sa’ad bin Sinaan al-Khudree (radi allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said :

There should be neither harming [darar] nor reciprocating harm [diraar]. الفقهاء ذكرها متفرعة قواعد وهناك الحديث في أصل القاعدة :هذه

يزال "• 1. ".الضرر

اإلمكان "• 2. بقدر يدفع ".الضرر

األخف "• 3. بالضرر يزال ".الضرر

بمثله "• 4. يزال ال ".الضرر

العام "• 5. الضرر الخاص الضرر ".يتحمل

.والمعنى الذي يدل عليه الحديث نصا هو: أن الشخص ليس مطلوبا منه أن يضار نفسه، وليس مسموحا له بأن يضار غيره

Religion ( Islamic Religion ) … cont,

• Here is the thirty-fourth hadith compiled by al-Nawawi, first in Arabic and then translated into English,

الله : • صلي الله رسول سمعت قال ، عنه الله رضي الخدري سعيد أبي عنوسلم عليه

لم : ) فإن ، فبلسانه يستطع لم فإن ، بيده فلغيره منكًرا منكم رأى من يقولاإليمان (. أضعـف وذلك ، فبقلبه رقم ] : يستطع مسلم [49رواه

• On the authority of Abu Sa’Eed al-Khudree (radi allahu ‘anhu3) who said : I heard the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) say :

• Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart – and that is the weakest of faith.

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Health Education

Definition of Health Education:

•‘Health education is a process that informs, motivate and helps

people to adopt and maintain healthy practices and lifestyles, advocate

environmental changes as needed to facilitate this goal and conducts

professional training and research to the same end’.

Objectives of Health Education:Informing people or disseminate scientific knowledge about prevention of disease and promotion of health.

Motivating people is more important than informing because simply telling the people about health is not enough.

Guiding into action: health education should be conducted by a variety of health, education and communication personnel in a variety of settings starting with the physician.

Stages of People Adoption of new ideas and practices

1. Awareness 2. Interest 3. Evaluation4. Trial 5. Adoption stage

Content of Health Education sessions1. Human biology.2. Nutrition. 3. Hygiene.4. Family health care. 5. Control of communicable and non-communicable diseases.6. Mental Health. 7. Prevention of Accidents at home, road and place of work.8. Use of Health services and to participate in the national programs.

Principles of Health education:1. Interest2. Participation is the keyword in health education 3. Known to unknown: means start where the people are and with what they

understand preceded to the knowledge and in this way systematic knowledge is built up.

4. Comprehension5. Reinforcement6. Motivation is awaking the desire to learn. 7. Learning by doing: Learning itself is an action.8. Soil, seed and power: The people are the soil, the health facts are the seeds

and the transmitting media is the power.9. Good human relations are important in learning.10. Leaders: we learn the best from people we respect and regard.

Communication in Health Education:

1- Communicator which is the originator of the message.

2- Message

3- Audience, the consumers of the message.

4-Channels of communication which must be carefully selected

particularly its cost and availability.

Methods and techniques ( Practice of Health Education ):

1- Individual and family health education:• Personal : Interviews – Consultation ( Counselling )

2- Group health education:

i.e. Two Ways Method.

3- Mass media health education (Education of the general public)

Useful Method because it reaches a huge number of populations.

7 C`s for Effective Communication

Command attention

Cater to heart and head – تسلية يزودClarify the message

Communicate a benefit

Call for action

Create trust

Convey a consistent message

2- Group health education: i.e. Two Ways Method. a- Lectures

b- Group discussions which is a two way communication

c- Panel discussions: a group of 4-8 persons talk about the topic and discuss it in front of a group of

audience.

d- Symposium which is a series of speeches on a selected subject.

e- Workshop used in case of a novel experiment in education

f- Role playing, the group members who enact their roles as they have observed or experienced them.

g- Practical demonstration.

h- Simulation exercises.

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