Significance of health education

1. Health education and health promotion are the forerunner to realize primary health care. Health education is the key to realize the primary health care task, and it has an important position and value in achieving all health goals, social goals and economic goals.

2. Health education and health promotion are the inevitable trend of health care development. The disease spectrum and death spectrum in developed countries and China have undergone fundamental changes. The main causes of death are no longer infectious diseases and malnutrition, but chronic non-communicable diseases such as coronary heart disease, tumor and stroke. Bad behavior and lifestyle are long-term. ...

3. Health education and health promotion is a health care measure with low input and high output. From the perspective of cost-benefit, the benefits of health education and health promotion far outweigh the high medical expenses.