Educational Activity
health education
health ed·u·ca·tion [ helth ej-oo-key-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Preventive Health Services;
Education, Nonprofessional
Definitions related to health education:
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Developing and providing instruction and learning experiences to facilitate voluntary adaptation of behavior conducive to health in individuals, families, groups, or communitiesNursing Interventions ClassificationUniversity of Iowa, 2007
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Educating patients and the public in areas of health concern; do not confuse with the education of health care personnel, such as physicians, dentists, etc, see appropriate terms under HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL EDUCATION; however, for the narrower terms, the training of medical personnel about those fields is included and may be postcoordinated with a health care personnel education term, ie neoplasm/cancer education may be postcoordinated with medical education.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Health information provided to individuals or communities designed to reduce ill health and enhance good health by influencing beliefs, attitudes and behavior.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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