Health education and diseases : an assessment of the state and impact of health education on the control of diseases in Iguli Parish in Lira district of Northern Uganda; a modified research report
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1996-05
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Makerere Institute of Social Research
Abstract
The study investigated the state of health education
and its impact on the control of diseases and the quality
of health in Iguli parish in Lira district. More
specifically an assessment was made of the extent to which
health education is provided to the community and two
primary schools in this parish, the methods employed, the
impact of health education on the control of diseases and
the quality of health and finally the extent to which the
status of health in the parish can be explained by the
level of health education in the parish.
The research employed relevant techniques of
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) ; Personal Interview
methods and observation.
The major hypothesis of the study was that the
prevalence of preventable disease in Iguli parish is to a
large extent caused by inadequate health education
provided.
The study found out that health education is provided
to a limited extent to the community and to some good
extent in the primary schools in the parish. Whereas in
the community, health education was found to be irregular
and the methods inadequate due to organisational and
resource constraints, in the primary schools health
education was found to be integrated in the syllabus and
therefore regular. The major problem of providing health
education in schools, however, was found to be inadequate
demonstration kits.
Another important finding of the study was that
although the prevalence of preventable diseases and poor
health in the study area can to a large extent be explained
by inadequate health education provided, low income and
poverty was found to significantly influence the prevalence
of preventable diseases and poor health by constraining the
implementation of practices that promote good health.
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Keywords
HEALTH EDUCATION, FAMILY HEALTH, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, DISEASE CONTROL, WATER BORNE DISEASES, COMMUNITY HEALTH, UGANDA, TEACHING AIDS, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, PROGRAMME OWNERSHIP