Health Education And Behavior Case Study

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Health Education and Behavior: Promoting Healthy Living
Kristin Curcione
Daemen College

Health education and promotion are two paradigms that coincide in the world of nursing. Whitehead (2003) describes the biomedical structure of health education approaches as modified allopathic pursuits in health interventions. Nurses play a pivotal role in the education and health promotion for patients under their care. The World Health Organization (2015) defines health education as increasing awareness and shaping attitudes to improve health through learning encounters. Health education is the teaching conducted by the nurse that promotes and attempts to improve the health status of an individual by encouraging them to adopt healthy behaviors. …show more content…

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