We as healthcare professionals should devote ourselves not just for the people who can afford quality healthcare education but also to those people who are in utmost need. When we think about them, we assume that they are living in remote areas where they basically need assistance, awareness and at the same time, educate them in a level of their understanding. In my own perspective, it’s not always teaching that should be emphasized but it is the providing of an environment that is conducive to their learning. So it’s essential to know what it’s gonna be if we put ourselves into their shoes because by doing this way, we will be able to know how we are going to handle the situation, devise a teaching strategy and implement it in a right away.
Normally, it’s not always that when you teach or provide information, the people will always get the gist of it. It’s not always they will follow what you've just said and leave what have been used to, so as a health educator, the ability to use our knowledge and skills should be used up by simply educating them in a step-by-step process until such time they will be able to correlate all the information by themselves. For example, I’m going to start about the epidemiology of a certain disease (eg. dengue, typhoid), followed by the causes and its treatment after discussing all of these things the prevention and control will follow. Basically, when we talk about it that should be thoroughly explained like how important it is to have a clean environment and a must to drink clean and potable water. Being practical-wise, it is necessary for me provide them materials for their understanding and being an example that reflects also to your personality as well. My convincing power should be enhanced in order for the residents to believe because what I’m doing is for the benefit of them to prevent increasing these cases as soon as possible.
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