HEALTH EDUCATION IN

COMMUNITY

HEALTH EDUCATION IS A VITAL PART

OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

The promotion, prevention,

maintenance and restoration of
health requires that community
health clients receive a
practical understanding of
health-related information

Teaching and learning effective

UNDERSTANDING ABOUT LERNING

THEORIES, TEACHING MODELS, AND
PRINCIPLES ARE NEEDED
 Learning Theories

Help community health nurses

understand how people learn and how
to design and implement client
education

1. Behavioral Learning Theories:

. Known as stimulus-response or
Conditioning theory.
. Focus on behavior that can be
observed, measured, and changed
. Propose that with conditioning
certain cause (stimuli) evoke certain
effects (response)
. A target behavior is decided by
educators Increase positive behavior
Reinforce (reward)

Decrease negative behavior

Punishment
Social Learning Theory
•Behavior is a function of an individual’s
expectation about the value of an outcome ( do
I want the outcome) or self-efficacy ( Can I
achieve the outcome)
•If the clients believe that an outcome is
desired and attainable, they more likely to
change their behavior to achieve that goal
•Bandura, 1986 in 2000 :
dysfunctional beliefs develop among
community :
1. In Coincidental association, outcomes
cally are proceed by numerous event,
and the client selects the wrong event
as predictor of an outcome
2. In Inappropriate generalization, one
negative experiences provokes negative
feeling for future experiences
3. In Perceived self-inefficacy. “person
who judge themselves as lacking coping
whether the self-appraisal is objective
ly warranty or not.

Role model, building self-confidence, persuasion

and personal mastery.