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WHAT IS HEALTH EDUCATION DIVISION ?
Responsible to publish health education materials
for the use of health staff in various health education
activities.
Involved in managing health education and
promotion of programs and mass media campaigns.
The general objectives are promoting healthy living
among individuals, family and the community.
OBJECTIVES
To enhance awareness and understanding about health
among the general public.
To promote healthy lifestyles among Malaysians.
FUNCTIONS
Develop, disseminate and evaluate mass media programs.
Publication of health education material.
Research on health education activities.
Training for Health Education Programs.
Healthy Lifestyle Campaign
Patient Education Health Programme
Family Health Programme
HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
1. HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CAMPAIGN
Encouraging healthy lifestyle among family members.
Educating family members to understand and act in a
responsible way in their lifestyle.
Enhancing knowledge and skills in the family members to
meet the physical, mental and social needs of the family.
Cultivating religious and moral values.
Promoting safety and security to enhance emotional well-
being in the family.
Campaign covered various aspects which are:
Physical aspects
- healthy eating, exercise, home safety.
Mental aspects
- promotion of emotional security and safety
(love, kindness) and good family relationship.
Social aspects
- enhancement of religious and social values, social
support and promotion of good neighborliness.
2. PATIENT EDUCATION HEALTH PROGRAMME
Helps patient, family and community to be responsible in
managing patients and respective disease condition to
encourage the rehabilitation process.
To reduce non-compliance and promote the optimum usage
of hospitals services and reduce hospital cost of patient care.
3. FAMILY HEALTH PROGRAMME
Undertaken by Family Health Development Division.
Manages delivery of family health, nutrition and primary
health care services at all levels.
The general objective is to develop and maintain optimal
health status for individuals, family and community through
Primary Health Care.
OBJECTIVES
To provide comprehensive health care services to prevent morbidity
and mortality, promote and maintain health population. • Pregnant mothers and newborns• Infants and toddlers.• Men and women. • Elderly.• Children with special needs.
To promote and maintain community mental health status.
To promote healthy diet and nutrition practices and maintain
nutritional status of community.
To provide primary health care services to the population
To promote wellness and facilitate maximum recovery from illness.
Objectives have been implemented through the following activities:
Strengthening antenatal, post-natal care through monitoring and
evaluation
Strengthening infant and child by ensuring high immunization
coverage, early detection and intervention of growth and development
issues special needs children.
Encouraging schools to adopt healthy schools concepts by promoting
health related activities.
Objectives have been implemented through the following activities:
Expanding the scope of the family health programme to include
adolescent, elderly, rehabilitative care and mental health services.
Strengthening nutrition promotion and healthy eating practices.
Strengthening breastfeeding programme.
Improving and strengthening primary health care services, with the
presence of family health specialist practitioners.
Intensifying community participation in health services.
STRATEGIESResources and facilities planning, development, monitoring and
evaluation.
Utilization of effective health information system.
Utilization of appropriate and up to date technology.
Provision of services that fulfill the vision of a caring society, client
needs and maintenance of environment.
Smart partnership between related agencies including non
governmental agencies.
Fostering community participation in all programs
Internalization of quality characteristics in aspects of health
services.
Utilization research or studies as a tool in programme planning.
