CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1       Background of the Study

Health education is a principle by which individuals and groups of people learn to behave in a manner conducive to the promotion, maintenance on restoration of health (Mckenzie, et al., 2009). It is a practice that helps to maintain health and prevent the spread of disease. It is combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals groups and communities the opportunity to acquire information and the skills needed to make quality health decision (Joint Committee on Technology, 2001). Health education as comprising of consciously constructed opportunities to learning involving some form of communication designed to improve health literacy including improving knowledge and developing life skills which are conducive to individual (WHO, 1998). Education for health begins with people, it hopes to motivate them with whatever interests they may have in improving their conditions. Its aim is to develop in them a sense of responsibility for health conditions for themselves as individuals, as members of families and as communities. Health education is also an effective tool that helps improve health in developing nations. It not only teaches prevention and basic health knowledge but also conditions ideas that re-shape everyday habits of people with unhealthy lifestyles in developing countries. This types of conditioning not only affects the immediate recipients of such education but also future generations will benefit from an improved and properly cultivated ideas about health that will eventually be ingrained with widely spread health education. Moreover, besides physical health prevention health education can also provide more aid and help people deal healthier with situations of extreme stress, anxiety, depression (UNESCO, 2018) or other emotional disturbances to lessen the impact of these sorts of mental and emotional constituents which can consequently lead to detrimental physical effects (CDC, 2007).

1. 1. This material content is developed to serve as a GUIDE for students to conduct academic research work
2. 2. As a source for additional understanding of the subject.
3. 3. As a source for ideas for your own research work (if properly referenced).
4. 4. For PROPER paraphrasing (see your university definition of plagiarism and acceptable paraphrase)
5. 5. Direct citing (if referenced properly)
Thank you so much for your respect to the authors copyright.