Issues in health education:

innovating strategies towards

glocalization
JOEL REY U ACOB
joel.acob@vsu.edu.ph
WA: +639569161146
Learning aims:

Health education; its basic principles

Challenges in health education (HE) systems

Major global health care issues

Health education as a tool and a strategy

Examples of health education innovation strategies

Health education (HE) defined

Essential system set in a place that

develops future health professionals
across disciplines to approach health and
healthcare in the society

Health education is founded on principles

that have been taught in schools for
generations
 Health care history

Disease/sickness
Diagnostic skills

Basic
prevention

principles
Ethical and occupational
responsibility

Disease and Current technology

sickness prevention and research

Human/patient
interaction
Challenges in Health education

emphasizing more
Lack of funding to
Resources required on research in
review curriculum
to make these many academic
and teaching
changes setting, and less
methods
teaching reward
Challenges of healthcare

Rightsizing after telehealth explosion Forecasting for uncertain

Adjusting to changing clinical trials Reshaping health portfolios for growth

Encouraging digital relationship Building a resilient communities

Specific General

Preventable Lack of
medical errors transparency
Global Health
Shortage of
Lack of insurance
care Issues
nursing human
coverage
resource

Varying
perspective on
High cost of care
solving the
shortage crisis
Health education (HE) as a strategy

Provides learning experiences, tailored for the target population

It presents information on a particular topic in a specific group of

people including benefits, threats they face

Serves as a tool to build capacity and support behavior change in

appropriate setting
 Seminars/webinars
lectures

Innovation strategies

Workshops and sharing of Short-term classes/courses

experiences/ practices
Attributes of health education strategies

 Participation of the target population

 Completion of community needs assessment to identify its capacity,
resources, priorities and needs
 Planned learning activities
 Integrated implementation of programs, well-planned curricula
 Presentation of information with audiovisual and computer-based supports
in summary…

Conceptual Presentation

Challenges in
healthcare

Global health Innovation in

issues Basic principles Glocalization
education

Challenges in
health
education

Utilizing local resources for

Opportunities Strategies global impact