Health Behavior Health Education and Health Promotion

According to the American Nurses' Association, nursing is the protection, optimization, and promotion of health, prevention of injuries and diseases and advocating for proper health conditions in the communities. Health behavior, health education has been used interchangeably due to the confusions resulting from their definitions (Roh and Kim 77). Ideally, the concepts of health education and health promotion have different definitions and activities based on the illustrations below. The illustrations explain the differences between health behavior, health education, and health promotion. Health promotion encompasses little concepts of health education but focuses on the socioeconomic and environmental aspects of health. Due to the mentioned problems, it is necessary to have comprehensive teaching about the mistakes they have previously made and how they should make the changes to ascertain proper health maintenances in the community.

Perceptual, human potential, abilities and the environmental stress influence health in the community. Thus, health promotion is essential in empowering the community members to strategize how to foster the health conditions among the individuals. By empowering the societies, the nurses can reform the health delivery sectors and handle the health requirements which would improve the health situations of the public (Sari Lubis and Steven F. D. In conclusion, even though the topic discussed addresses the roles of the healthy people in health promotion, it does not mean that the rest are not responsible for maintaining better health in the world. Health begins at home and our immediate environment. Ideally, we can have improved health status if we eat well and always stay active (Soleymani, et al.