Definition of health education

This definition is a planned, organized and systematic social education activity.

The core of health education is to educate people to establish health awareness, urge people to change unhealthy behavior lifestyle and develop good behavior lifestyle, so as to reduce or eliminate risk factors affecting health. Health education is carried out through planned, organized and systematic social education activities.

The purpose is to help people consciously adopt healthy behaviors and lifestyles, eliminate or reduce risk factors that affect health, prevent diseases, promote health, improve quality of life, and evaluate educational effects.