Health Education

Health education is a profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health, as well as sexual and reproductive health education.Health education can be defined as the principle by which individuals and groups of people learn to behave in a manner conducive to the promotion, maintenance, or restoration of health. However, as there are multiple definitions of health, there are also multiple definitions of health education. In America, the Joint Committee on Health Education and Promotion Terminology of 2001 defined Health Education as "any combination …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 13 November 2024 English

98 p.

Around 2 out of 5 schools provide menstrual health education 67 12 21 134 countries had estimates HYGIENE 2 out of 5 schools (39%) provide menstrual health education (33% data coverage) and 1 in 3 schools (31%) out of 5 schools (39%) provide menstrual health education – 1 in 3 primary schools (34%) and 4 out of


WHO: World Health Organization · 12 November 2024 English

x, 55 p.

age? How can policies in multiple sectors (health, education, social protection, labour), be complementary system flexibility in multiple sectors (health, education, social protection, and work). Promote


WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English

viii, 74 p.

child (i.e. Reach Every Child campaign). • Health education sessions are available at health facilities


WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English

vii, 25 p., This report supports activities currently underway to reduce the burden of environment-related disease on the health of the population of Kosovo[‎1]‎ and create a more resilient society …

pediatrics; medical social work; health promotion; health education; air-quality control; water- and food-quality


WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English

The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (‎HBSC)‎ study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are …

government or nongovernmental organizations, or health, education or social services. The UNICEF review highlights


WHO: World Health Organization · 31 October 2024 English

The Tenth high-level meeting of the Small Countries Initiative (‎SCI)‎, which took place in Limassol, Cyprus, on 10–12 April 2024, brought together ministers of health and secretaries of state from …

obesity. Plans are in place to implement health-education services in schools, which also include mental


Burnet Institute · 23 October 2024 English

This report, co-authored by Burnet Institute, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, Curtin University, University of Technology Sydney, examines the current and future challenges facing Australia's midwifery workforce, including shortages, …

Funding of expanded sexual and reproductive health education for midwives in the 2024 Federal Budget.


WHO: World Health Organization · 13 October 2024 English

outreach through FM radio and community centers. Health education efforts have reached schools, churches, and


WHO: World Health Organization · 25 September 2024 English

The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (‎HBSC)‎ study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are …

Digital policies should synergize with existing health, education and welfare policies, especially from a behavioural


WHO: World Health Organization · 20 September 2024 English

22 p

national programmes, including planning, health education, service delivery, use of data for advocacy


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