Health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.”
—World Health Organization
—World Health Organization
Keeping this definition in mind one can say that care of the
body regarding food, cleanliness, exercise, rest and protection against
diseases is essential for the preservation of good health. Now the question
arises: how do we take care of our body and mind? And more importantly, how do
we get to know what we have to do in this regard?
Here’s where health education comes in. Health education is a
process of informing people how to achieve and maintain good health, and
promoting lifestyle changes to achieve healthy living. It encompasses physical,
intellectual, emotional, social as well as environmental and spiritual health.
A child has more capacity to assimilate knowledge and habits,
and behavior adopted at a young age remains unchanged even in adulthood. Hence,
childhood is the best time to teach about health and healthy lifestyle.
Children spend a lot of time and learn a lot at school. Schools can play a
vital role in establishing healthy behavior patterns among young people that
they carry into adulthood. Schools provide opportunity to learn healthy
lifestyles and skills necessary to engage in healthy behaviors, they also
provide a place to engage in these behaviors, such as eating healthy and
participating in physical activity. No health program can be implemented
without the help of a school.
But, unfortunately, health education is not a part of the
curriculum in our country. Prof Anita Ghulam Ali, educationist and CEO of Sindh
Education Foundation, regrets that “We do not have health education as part of
the curricula and merely depend upon the health camps organized by
multinationals for the promotion of their products like the Hand washing or the
Oral Health campaigns. In order to promote a clean and hygienic environment
among the community health education must be made a part of the school
curricula.
“Moreover, what is taught at school regarding health has a
direct impact on the community? It is expected that the students share their
learning with their parents and other family members. Hence health knowledge multiplies
and parents and the community also get educated.”
A comprehensive health education curriculum should include
issues that help students learn the ropes of healthy living. Some significant
health issues that need to be dealt with are: nutrition and balanced diet,
hygiene and sanitation, chronic diseases like asthma, diabetes and obesity,
family healthcare, prevention of foodborne illnesses, prevention of contagious
and non-contagious diseases; emotional and mental health; physical fitness,
including effects of exercise on the body and on the general well being and
prevention of accidents and provision of first aid.
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