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Function of Health Communication

The document discusses the functions of health communication, including providing accessible health information to the public, using education to promote lifestyle changes and reduce disease risk factors, motivating behaviors, persuading beliefs and behaviors, counseling to help understand and address problems, raising morale among groups, playing a role in health development, and being important for health organization communication both vertically and horizontally. Health education techniques should be tailored to individual communities and countries.

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Function of Health Communication

The document discusses the functions of health communication, including providing accessible health information to the public, using education to promote lifestyle changes and reduce disease risk factors, motivating behaviors, persuading beliefs and behaviors, counseling to help understand and address problems, raising morale among groups, playing a role in health development, and being important for health organization communication both vertically and horizontally. Health education techniques should be tailored to individual communities and countries.

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Function of health

communication
By Vishva .V
• INFORMATION:
information should be easily accessible to the people.
correct information is a basic part of the health education
• EDUCATION :
health education can bring about changes in the life style
and risk factors of the disease.
• MOTIVATION:
one of the goal of health communication is to motivate
the people.
• PERSUASION:
it is a conscious attempt by one individual to change the
general beliefs , understanding, values and behaviour of other
individuals in some desired

• COUNSELLING :
counselling is the process that can help people understand
better and deal with their problems and communicate better with
those whom emotionally involved
It develops positive attitudes ,it is an integral part of all health care
programmes
• RAISING MORALE:
morale is the capacity of group of people to pull
together persistenly or consistentely

• HEALTH DEVELOPMENT:
communication can play powerful role in health
development by helping to diffuse knowledge in respect of goals of
development and preparing the people for the roles
• HEALTH ORGANIZATION :
• communication is the life and blood of and organization
• vertically or horizontal
• health education is still art rather than a science .
• each community and country should develop techniques that its
own needs

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