Smoking Cessation Program, First Aid Training Program, and Drug Counseling Program
Health education is an important profession that is aimed at educating people about their health, and it is observed to be integrating various elements of human health. Some of these elements include environmental health, intellectual health and more importantly, the biological health and spiritual health. The three specific health education programs that this paper will target at are Smoking Cessation Program, First Aid Training Program, and Drug Counseling Program. Considering the Smoking Cessation Program, there are various health disorders that are initiated by smoking, and the behavior of smoking has been seen to greatly affect the users and the fact that they are our relatives and friends, there is need to establish programs that will help them quit or control smoking (Brenner, 2010).
First Aid Program on the other hand is crucial in the sense that it helps people to have wide range of ideas and medical concepts regarding the best approaches to address emergency cases related to human health. There are various emergency cases that arise in our daily life situations, and it is the obligation of the program to educate people on the essence of having basic knowledge and skills of first aid because to some extent a demanding event may occur where there are no medical facilities. On the other hand, Drug Counseling Program is aimed at educating people on the dangers linked to substance use and drug abuse. The fundamental goal of this program is to equip drug users with sufficient knowledge and understanding regarding the impacts of drug use to their health, and these impacts are with inclusion of both short-term and long-term health effects. The three health education programs are therefore important to human life because they target at improving the health of people and enhancing healthy environment.
[...] It is their responsibility to communicate and advocate for health of people, and also support health education as an approach of empowering the health programs. Numerous challenges have been evident regarding the health of people and emergency health cases, but most of these challenges are connected to the behavior and character of people. The fact that behavior can be corrected suffices to argue that through health education programs, people can be guided on the best ways to conduct their daily activities to ensure that their health is not negatively affected. [...]
[...] The use of judicial laws and regulations is observed to have less fruits in preventing drug abuse. Hence, there is need to implement the drug counseling program to help those individuals who are addicted to substance abuse to correct their behavior, thereby improving their general health. Implementation of Health Education Programs The process of implementing the health education programs is not easy because it involves the commitment and dedication of various parties such as the victims, the educators and also the legal systems. [...]
[...] Assessment of Health Education Programs Assessment of the success of the health education programs will be made separately for the three programs. In assessing Smoking Cessation Program, the participants will be advised to apply some measures to quit smoking, and the success of the program will be determined by the ability of the participants to quit smoking. In assessing Drug Counseling Program, the participants will be advised to apply some measures to quit using drugs, and the success of the program will be determined by the ability of the participants to quit drug abuse and substance abuse (Kann, Brener & Allensworth, 2001). [...]
[...] The understanding drawn from researching on the three health education program will help me have a better perception towards smoking cessation and drug abuse in that they are cause by the influence and behavior of people and can be corrected without using medication. Additionally, the knowledge I have gained from investigating on first aid will help me offer first aid services to the victims, and also be of important in cases of events that require emergency services. References Brenner, M. H. (2010). Mortality and the national economy. A review, and the experience of England and Wales, 1936--76. [...]
[...] The three specific health education programs that this paper will target at are Smoking Cessation Program, First Aid Training Program, and Drug Counseling Program. Considering the Smoking Cessation Program, there are various health disorders that are initiated by smoking, and the behavior of smoking has been seen to greatly affect the users and the fact that they are our relatives and friends, there is need to establish programs that will help them quit or control smoking (Brenner, 2010). First Aid Program on the other hand is crucial in the sense that it helps people to have wide range of ideas and medical concepts regarding the best approaches to address emergency cases related to human health. [...]
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