Disciplines and Occupations

Health Education

Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Education, Health
  • Community Health Education
  • Education, Community Health
  • Health Education, Community

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

educ of general public or individuals; educ of patients in & outside hosp = PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC

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History Note

1966

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  1. H02w.403w.720w.750w.380w
  2. N02.421.726.407w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Education. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006266. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006266
  2. Health Education. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_education
  3. Health Education. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60894