Curricula and Teaching Methodology in the Field of Health Education: What Do We Know so Far?

• Main Author: Delimaris Ioannis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2021-06-01
• Series: Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine
• Subjects: health educator; pedagogy; behaviorism; constructivism; school health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2021-0022

Health education is the interdisciplinary branch of pedagogy, medico-biological sciences, and health sciences, which addresses issues of prevention and the adoption of practices and strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality of the general population. Curricula are the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college. The thematic axes of the Curricula of Health Education should include microbe transmission prevention, sexual and reproductive health, voluntary blood donation, oral health, smoking prevention, mental health promotion of children and adolescents, knowledge about sunlight, hygiene and vision protection, the value of old age, accident prevention, infection prevention (HIV, hepatitis etc.), healthy posture, healthy breathing, environmental health, healthy sleep, healthy diet, healthy exercise activities, problems involved in internet technology in adolescence, the role of play in childhood, and the prevention of addictions. Both behaviorism and constructivism are equally appropriate learning theories for teaching health education. The present paper aims to summarize all the available-to-date information on these issues.