Why is health education important?

Answer 1

Health education is very important for human beings because it makes us aware of the status of our health.It lets us to know that what is dangerous for our health and what is essential for our health.

Answer 2

It is important because if we didn't learn about health most likely, almost everybody would have health issues. They could gain a lot of weight, die from poor sanitation, and have lots of STDs. Most issues would probably turn very severe. So it is extremely important!

Health education is very important in terms of a cost effective way of improving health of our population, the health service is moving from a curative to a preventative service and health education, which forms part of health promotion is an integral part of this. There are three aspects to health education these are: cognitive (addressing attitudes) affective (improving knowledge) and skills. Health promotion now forms an integral part of a GP's workload through the new contract (Quality and outcomes framework) incorporation of health promoting and preventative services on a points system based on which they can earn money.