Cagayan State University

Andrews Campus, Caritan Sur, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Respiratory Therapy
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Health Education for Respiratory Therapy

LEARNING ACTIVITY No. 03

Introduction to Health Education

Name: ______________________________________________ Yr& Block: ________ Score: ___________

Class Schedule: _______________ Date: ____________ Teacher: _______________________________
I. Instruction: Please answer the following questions briefly but concisely. Use separate sheet if possible.

1. If a health educator is simply considered as someone who educates others about health, who would be
considered humanity’s first health educators? Defend your answer.
I think the early civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome since they put progress in preventing and treating
diseases. They recognized the necessity of maintaining healthy minds and bodies in humans. It also
includes the improvements of systems of rudimentary pharmacology, safer drinking water, and better waste
disposal. The Code of Hammurabi, named after the King of Babylon, was also taken into account because it
contains laws pertaining to health practices and physicians, as well as the first known fee schedule. These
laws are now being utilized as an underpinning by professionals to improve our health practices. Since we
have early health educators or contributors who give us ideas on how to improve, today's health education
professionals must foresee what can be and work towards making the vision a reality. They must always be
key players in the process.

2. Do you believe that health education/promotion is accepted as an academic subject at the present time?
Why or why not?

Definitely, yes! As a student who takes a health-related course, it is important that health education will
become one of academic subjects in any field of education.Nowadays, health is often taken for granted and
the value of it is not completely understood until it is lost. The promotion of health education will broaden our
knowledge with regards to our health and it will help us to strengthen our attitudes, beliefs, and practice skills
required to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors throughout our lives.

3. Explain why voluntary actions are so important in health education programs.

This is significant since it enables each individual to help people in need, worthy causes, and the community,
but the benefits can be much higher for those who volunteer. Through voluntary actions, y ou can interact
with others and cultivate a healthy mind and body.  Moreover, this results in positive change in communities
all around the world. Those interested in enhancing public health knowledge can make a significant
contribution to these programs, assisting people that might not otherwise have access to this vital
information. These initiatives provide important health information to individuals in need, encouraging locals
to be health advocates on their own interests.

4. List 3 health education programs found in your locality and describe their effectiveness.

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Andrews Campus, Caritan Sur, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Respiratory Therapy
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Health Education for Respiratory Therapy

Violence Prevention – It is effective since it promotes awareness of the need for each individual to take
action to decrease violence. It seeks for, synthesizes, and disseminates evidence about what works to
decrease violence. Moreover, it offers guidance and support in developing evidence-based preventive and
response capability, as well as strengthening violence prevention.

Lecture about the Sexual Health – Learning to take responsibility of one's sexual health will have long-term
benefits that will only serve to help each individual cultivate healthier physical and mental wellness.

Mental and Emotional Health - It has an impact on how we think, feel, and act. It also influences how we deal
with stress, interact with people, and make good decisions.

5. Imagine that you are a health educator who has been invited by your Barangay Captain to deliver health
education program on malaria prevention in your community. What type of health education is this and who
do you think your target audience for this program?
Individuals who are in middle adolescence age 15 to 17 years old and adults age 18 years old and up

6. Below are health messages regarding TB; which message do you think is the most important? And Why?
1. - People with persistent coughing should visit the nearby health center for sputum tests because a cough
lasting for two weeks or more is a symptom that could be a sign of TB.
2. - Those people confirmed as TB patients and put on anti TB drugs should adhere to their medication to
prevent possible drug resistance and help to cure their disease.

Number 1. I will apply what I’ve learn on preventive approach to health. When we experience signs or
symptoms similar to this message on number one. It is needed to apply secondary prevention,
why? Because it is preferable to identify early signs before they become serious. Health problems like
tuberculosis can be cured if they are detected at an early stage. The goal is to stop the disease process, so
people who have persistent coughing should go for check-up and have a sputum test to determine whether
they have tuberculosis. If it is confirmed, the earlier the disease is diagnosed and treated, the better the
prognosis of the case and the prevention of occurrence of other secondary cases.

7. Go online and find a copy of the new Healthy People 2020 objectives. Read the introduction and
overview. Find the objectives for one of the topic areas and review them. Next, select one objective in that
topic area that you feel strongly about, and explain why you feel it will or will not be met by the year 2020.
What role might a health education specialist have in meeting the objective you selected?

I feel it will be met since we all know how essential it is to implement medical product safety when working in
various fields. Now that we are in the year 2022, it shows the progress made in medical product safety
during the year 2020, as it continues the effectiveness of overall patient treatment and appropriate use of
medical products. And the reason why the objectives were met is because of the role of health education
specialists, who truly focus on achieving their goal by reflecting strong scientific support for the safe use of
medical products and resolving any issues that may impede the success of implementing medical product
safety.
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Andrews Campus, Caritan Sur, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Respiratory Therapy
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Health Education for Respiratory Therapy

8. Interview several individuals who are at least sixty years old concerning the health care they received as
young children. Ask them to describe any health education/promotion they can remember. When was it?
Where did it take place? Who provided the education? Was it effective?

9. Suppose that you as health educator planned to create awareness among your community members on
the problem of cigarette smoking, write down some of the ways you can create awareness about cigarette
smoking and to help people to act positively for themselves.

Smoking is dangerous to your health. Get rid of any cigarettes and smoking-related items.
Do you live with another smoker? Request that they refrain from smoke near you, or even better, convince
them to quit.
When cravings strike, don't dwell on them. Cravings are temporary, so concentrate on the negative
consequences that cigarettes may have on you. 
Instead of holding cigarettes, keep yourself busy by doing something with your hands such as drawing,
painting, or doodling.
Change any smoking-related behaviors as well. Instead of having a cigarette break, go for a walk or read a
book.
Avoid smoking-related places, persons, and situations. Spend time with nonsmokers or visit areas that do
not allow smoking, such as shops, cinemas, museums, and libraries.
Drink plenty of water, but keep alcoholic and caffeinated beverages to a minimum. They can make you want
to smoke.
Always keep in mind that smoking is detrimental for your health.

10. Using the Venn diagram below, identify the similarities and differences of health education from that of
health promotion and on the spaces below the diagram kindly enumerate examples of Health Education and
Health promotion activities.

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Andrews Campus, Caritan Sur, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Respiratory Therapy
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Health Education for Respiratory Therapy

Health Education Health Promotion

DIFFERENCES
HEALTH EDUCATION
1. Profession that teaches or educates people about health.
2. Modification of health behaviors.
3. According to WHO, comprising of consciously constructed opportunities for learning involving some form
of communication designed to improve health literacy, including improving knowledge, and developing
life skills which are conducive to individual and community health.
4. Involves a set of techniques rather than just one, such as preparing health education informational
brochures, pamphlets, and videos; delivering lectures; facilitating simulations; analyzing case studies;
participating and reflecting in group discussions; self-reading; and interacting in computer-assisted
training.
5. Influence behavior antecedents such that healthy behaviors emerge voluntarily.
HEALTH PROMOTION
1. Allowing people to have more control over the factors that influence their health and implementing
healthy public policy that addresses the prerequisites of health
2. Does not support voluntary behavior change, but instead utilizes measures that compel an individual's
behavior change.
3. According to WHO, it is the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its
determinants, and thereby improve their health.
4. It entails methods beyond mere education.
5. Broader concept directed toward advocating health

SIMILARITIES
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Andrews Campus, Caritan Sur, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Respiratory Therapy
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Health Education for Respiratory Therapy

1. Both can be extremely beneficial to each individual's health.

2. People can able to acquire more knowledge regarding this field.
3. Important, especially when employed as tools in the hands of various authority figures and policymakers.
4. Both promote for health in a systematic or organized manner.

EXAMPLES OF HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

Methods that minimize and avoid the spread of infection
Webinar on Nutritional Health
Webinar on Violence Prevention
Lecture about the Sexual Health
Group Discussion about Mental and Emotional Health

EXAMPLES OF HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES

Helping People Who Smoke Quit
Increasing Access to Healthy Foods and Physical Activity
Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use
Promoting Lifestyle Change and Disease Management
Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being

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