Health

Health Education Teaching Activity

Purpose:

The purpose of this activity is to help the student understand the process of health education by engaging in assessment; identification of issues; planning and implementing interventions; and evaluating effectiveness of interventions with target person.

Objectives:

At the end of this assignment, students will be able to:

1. Assess learning needs of target person.

2. Select health promotion model, methods and strategies for health education.

3. Demonstrate a participatory approach to implementing health education, using appropriate health education materials.

4. Describe methods to evaluate the outcomes of family health education.

Course Outcomes: 

This activity aligns with several of the course outcomes as stated below: 

1. Demonstrate critical thinking through analysis and interpretation of assessment data and the development of individualized health education solutions.  

2. Demonstrate the use of culturally appropriate and effective communication techniques.  

Part 1:

Design a teaching module to help educate a client about a health-related topic. 

Include the following components in a 3-4-page paper

· Identification of target person (may use family member or friend)

· Assessment of learning needs

· Analysis of learning needs

· Selection of a health promotion model

· Planning and evaluation

· Complete the lesson plan grid

· Annotated bibliography of 3-5 resources

Sample Teaching Plan for Health Education Activity

Topic
Client: Describe client (no names please): Age, gender, health risk-factors
Learning Style
Learning Theory
Learning Objective	Content Outline	Strategies and materials	Evaluation	How Theory Is Applied

RUBRIC

1. Identification of target group or person

Description of person

Identification of risk factors

Common causes or morbidity/ mortality related to risk factors.

· Assessment of learning needs

· Developmental stages/ social emotional / moral development

· Special learning needs (e.g. language barriers, cultural issues age, health problems, literacy)

· Preferred learning style of target group or person

Analysis of learning needs

· How will you assess readiness to learn?

· Do they understand the learning needs?

· Identification of factors that may influence motivation to learn

· Identification of learning theory that may facilitate health education.

Planning and Evaluation

· Behavioral objectives/ expected outcomes (provide at least two)

· Teaching strategies for each objective (can be in table format with objectives)

· Content outline

· Implementation of learning theory (carried through from previous section).

· Discuss how learning will be evaluated

Annotated bibliography

Grammar/ APA format

Part 2:

Create a video of you performing this health education for an individual. The video should be 7-10 minutes in length and include the following elements:

· Introduction

· Assess health literacy/needs

· Address health education topic (utilizing teaching strategies/tools)

· Evaluate learning (eg: teach back, “Ask me 3” etc)

· Close/follow up plan