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Abstract

Health Education: Theoretical Concepts, Effective Strategies and Core Competencies is a document published by the World Health Organization. This document provides overviews of core health education theory, emphasizes evidence-based health education, and highlights core competencies to facilitate a common understanding of the health education profession. Although the document results from a situation analysis of assessing health education capacity in Member States of the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, it provides universal foundation elements important to all professionals in health education and related fields in any part of the world. In addition, it defines the role and responsibilities, sets the standards of health education, as well as emphasizes its critical contributions in health promotion. Health promotion practitioners can read quick updates and an overview on key roles, skills, and useful tools to be effective health educators.

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health education health promotion health literacy core competency theory determinants of health and healthy public policy

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