What Is Health Education

The 1972-1973 Joint Committee on Health Education Terminology defined health education is "a process" with the intellectual, psychological, and social dimensions relating to activities which increase the abilities of people to make informed decisions affecting their personal, family and community well being".[1]

Green and his colleagues define health education as "any combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary adaptations of behavior conducive to health.[2]

References :

[1] 1972-73 Joint Committee on Health Education Terminology : New definitions. Health Ed. Monogr. 33:63-9, 1969

[2] Green, L.W, Health Education Planning : A Diagnostic Approach. Palo Alto, CA, Mayfield, 1980