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g. Psychological aspect
Psychological aspect is related with the attitudes,
feelings, perceptions and thinking of people. Every
individual should have strong determination and
commitment to maintain health, to control population
as well as sustainable use of resources and their
effective management. If people respect nature, they
develop the habit of utilizing the natural resources
properly. If they think about small family size, the
population growth will be controlled. If people follow Fig: 14
healthy rules and practice healthy behaviours, they Cleaning environment
can maintain good health.

Activity: 1

Discuss in a group regarding following questions.
a. What are the problems on health matters that can be solved by health education?
b. What are the problems on population matters that can be solved by population
education?
c. What are the problems on environment that can be solved by environment
education?

Summary

1. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well being and
not merely the absence of any disease or infirmities.
2. Health education can be defined as an educational process through which
individuals gain knowledge, skills and understanding about health matters in
order to modify superstitious and traditional beliefs on health matter so as to gain
quality of life.
3. An educational process which provides us knowledge, ideas and understanding on
maintenance of personal hygiene, sanitation, cleanliness, management of wastes,
need of clean and safe water, importance of balanced diet, control of diseases and
pollution, etc. is called health education.
4. An educational process by which individuals gain knowledge, skills and understanding
on population and population matters so that they can bring change in their attitudes
and behaviours towards population matters is called population education.
5. Environment is the sum total of all the external conditions and their influences on
the development cycle of biotic elements.
6. Environment Education is a process of recognizing values and clarifying concepts
in order to develop skills and attitudes necessary to understand and appreciate the
inter-relationship of a man, his culture and his biophysical surroundings.

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