HEALTH EDUCATION: Health education is a process that informs, motivates and helps people to adopt & maintain healthy practices & lifestyles, advocates environmental changes as needed to facilitate this goal & conducts professional training and research to the same end. ( NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PREVENTIVE MEDICINE IN USA) DEFINITION OF HEALTH : Health is a […]
DENTAL ETHICS: Dental ethics means moral duties and obligations of the dentist towards his patients, professional colleagues and to the society. Code of ethics was framed by the DCI in 1975 Later notified by Government of India as “Dentists (code of ethics) Regulations 1976 It is in force from August 1976 Principles: 1. To do […]
DENTAL ETHICS: Definitions: Dental ethics means moral duties and obligations of the dentist towards his patients, professional colleagues and to the society. -Code of ethics was framed by the DCI in 1975 -Later notified by Government of India as “Dentists (code of ethics) Regulations 1976 -It is in force from August 1976 Principles: To do […]
HEALTH EDUCATION: 1) OBJECTIVES: Informing people (Cognitive objective) Motivating people (Affective objective) Guiding into action (Behavioral objective)just 2) APPROACHES: Regulatory or Legal Approach Administrative or Service Approach Educational Approach Primary Health Care Approach 3) MODELS: Medical Motivational Social intervention 4) PRINCIPLES: Credibility Interest Participation Motivation Comprehension Reinforcement Learning by doing Known to unknown Setting an […]
IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS 1) EPIDEMIOLOGY: (John M.Last 1988) The study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems. 2) INCIDENCE: The number of new cases of a specific disease occurring in a defined population during a specified period […]
