Planning Health Education Programs
For a flawless execution of a Health Education Program these are to be considered: Identifying Priority Health Issues, Health Education/Promotion Program Planning through the use of PRECEDE-PROCEED model or MAPP (Mobilizing for action through Planning and partnership)
Identifying the priority health issues according to (pdhpe.net. (2015), includes social justice principles, priority population groups, prevalence of condition, potential for prevention and early detection and cost to the individual and community. So, why is it important to prioritize? In our resource material, it is important to prioritize to have equity and diversity and decision-making in creating healthy option, knowing the different priority groups, percentage of people with disease number of cases, what to do to reduce the disease and how to prevent that will ensure that right health program will be given. This also include how will it affect money, employment, social activity, mental health, family, friends, work, think all people around them. These factors have a large effect of an individual to be considered to improve their health, cost effective and have a supportive environment.
PRECEDE-PROCEED on the other hand discusses about (1) social assessment, (2) epidemiological assessment, (3) behavioral and environmental assessment, (4) educational and ecological assessment, and (5) administrative and policy assessment. The last four comprise implementation and evaluation of health promotion intervention. These include: (6) implementation, (7) process evaluation, (8) impact evaluation, and (9) outcome evaluation.
My realization about planning Health Promotion and Education is very tedious, takes a lot of time, effort and resource to establish a program. Thorough Planning and assessment for an effective implementation to support these health program. People’s input and involvement will give the individual to take part on the process program, identification their needs, formulation of needed interventions and recommended programs that will not just benefit the individual but also the community itself. Behind successful program are people who put their knowledge, share the same passion to help not just a specific person but on all walks of life so that they can enjoy the life that they deserve and wished for.
References:
pdhpe.net. (2015). Identifying priority health issues. Available at https://www.pdhpe.net/health-priorities-in-australia/how-are-priority-issues-for-australias-health-identified/identifying-priority-health-issues)
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