what_is

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

SCHOOL HEALTH AND NUTRITION

_{WHAT
IS HEALTH EDUCATION ?}

_{Health education focuses on:

_{1. important behaviours and conditions that promote health or that put health at
risk,}

_{2. skills needed to practice those behaviors or to address those conditions both
personally and collectively,}

_{3. knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and values related to those behaviors and
conditions,}

_{4. providing learning experiences that allow students to model and practice
skills."}
Thus, health education, as one
facet of the school health programme and the total school curriculum, is integral to
"Education for All" and "Health for All". "Good health is
essential for effective learning and education is a powerful means of enabling children
and adults to attain and maintain good health" (UNESCO/UNDP, 1995, Topic 11). Not
only does health education have a direct effect on the school pupil but, through the
pupils' examples, can benefit families, communities and environments.}