TAILIEUCHUNG - HEALTH EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC

These included the following: (1) obtaining official infor- mation to proceed with the project from the LGA au- thorities; (2) consent of the mothers of under-5 children to fully participate at all stages of the project was obtained; (3) fifty households were selected in a nearby community (Ilaporu) for pre-testing of the questionnaire before large-scale study - the questionnaires were pre- tested with the research assistants, who had debriefing on field experiences and proffered solutions to identified problems - amendments were made, which led to re- designing aspects of the instrument that were ambigu- ous or lacked clarity; (4) a baseline survey to determine the mothers’ knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) about malaria. | CHAPTER 26 Health Education of the Public Many types of health service are wholly or partly ineffective unless the people for whom the service is provided understand and accept its purpose and are shown by suitable methods how they can help and how much they can do for themselves. For this reason health education of the public has become a necessary part of nearly all WHO s assistance to Member States. In the words of the first report of the WHO Expert Committee on Health Education of the Public d The aim of health education is to help people achieve health by their own actions and efforts. It begins therefore with the interest of people in improving their conditions of living and aims at developing a sense of responsibility for their own health betterment as individuals and as members of families communities or governments. Health education may be indirect or direct. The indirect method is addressed to governments health departments educators and health workers of all kinds. The direct method finds its occasion in projects in which WHO provides a government with help and advice and in which WHO workers make direct contact with the people. The approach to health education and the methods used have been widened in the last ten years. The main emphasis formerly was on propaganda which employed various media to distribute facts on health to the people it has however been found that the most effective results are obtained when the approach is made through various health workers who are in regular direct contact with the people. More reliance is now placed on individual family and group education practical demonstrations projects in which the 1 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1954 89 4 - 364 - HEALTH EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC 365 local population take part and the inclusion of educational methods in various health services. Health education must be based on a knowledge of the psychology culture education and economic circumstances of the people themselves. It is necessary

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