This includes a comprehensive assessment of the health status of community residents and understanding their health needs and problems. This step is the basis of health guidance, because it can identify the people and problems that need to be focused on, as well as possible intervention measures.
Health needs assessment usually includes collecting and analyzing data to understand the disease incidence, chronic diseases, health behaviors and health service utilization of community residents. This can help determine the health needs of residents, including prevention, treatment and management needs.
After collecting and analyzing data, it is necessary to transform the data into a clear description of health needs, which is helpful to formulate targeted health guidance strategies. For example, if the evaluation results show that the obesity rate of community residents is high, health guidance may include providing advice on diet and exercise, and supporting the establishment of a healthy community environment.
The essence of health guidance:
1, providing health information
Health instructors provide individuals and groups with knowledge and information about health, including preventing diseases and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
2. Promote healthy decision-making.
Health instructors help individuals and groups understand health information, improve their health awareness and knowledge and promote them to make healthy decisions.
Step 3 provide skills and support
Health guidance not only provides knowledge, but also provides necessary skills and support to help individuals and groups practice healthy lifestyles, such as diet, exercise and rest. Health guidance not only pays attention to individuals, but also pays attention to their environment. By improving the external environment, such as providing safe sports facilities and establishing a healthy eating environment, individuals can be promoted to practice healthy behaviors.
4. Long-term support and supervision
Health guidance is a long-term process and needs continuous support and supervision. Mentors build trust relationships with individuals or groups and provide continuous support to encourage them to practice healthy behaviors in their daily lives. In this process, health instructors play an important role. They not only provide guidance, but also establish cooperative relations with individuals or groups to provide long-term support and supervision.