Understanding Health Education Objectives According to the Experts

Understanding Health education is the educational activities undertaken by spreading the message to instill confidence so that people are not only aware, know and understand, but is also willing and able to perform a suggestion that has to do with the customer. (Nasrul Efendi. 1998: 232).

Definition Health education is a process aimed at individuals or groups of people so that they can behave in keeping healthy and maintaining their health (http // www.mohammadguntur.files.wordpress.com / 2007)

According Waston (1985) extension is to provide information to clients and to the life and events in life more effectively (Friedman, M. Marlyin 1998: 487).


 Counseling destination
To provide information so that the client is able to make the right decisions in relation to health and illness.
To help the client in order to participate effectively in the treatment or cure.
To help clients adapt to the reality of the disease and its treatment.
To help clients to experience a sense of satisfaction with their own efforts that support health (Friedman, Marlyn M. 1998: 487).

Scope Extension
Scope Guidance covers three aspects:
Health education targets are individuals, families, groups and communities are made subject and object behavior change, which is expected to understand, appreciate and apply the ways of healthy living and daily life. Material or messages to be delivered to the client should be tailored to the needs of health and nursing of individuals, families, groups and communities, so that the material presented can be felt directly benefited.
The method used in health education should be a method that can develop two-way communication between the providing information to the client so that the client's expected level of understanding of the message delivered will be clearer and easier to understand (Nasrul Efendi. 1998: 233).


Factors that influence in the counseling
1 Factors extension
Lack of preparation
Less over matter
Looks less convincing
The language used is less understandable
Less noise can be heard
Submission of extension materials too monotonous

2 Factors target
Level of education
Socio-economic level
Indigenous beliefs and habits that have been ingrained sehngga difficult to change
Environmental conditions residence

Understanding Health Education

3. Factor in the counseling process
Time extension is not in accordance with the desired time with the target.
Place extension
Number of goals hear counseling
Props in counseling
The method used
The language used
(Nasrul Efendi. 1998: 247-248)