Assignment task: Your community has a public health concern that is affecting the community. You have reviewed the evidence and evidence-based practices for assisting this community. Understanding the socio-ecological approach to behavior change, you decide to work with members of the community. The decision has been made to use health education and health promotional activities as a strategy to decrease the incidence of a specific infection or disease in this community.
1. Identify a communicable or non-communicable disease you have experienced or researched that has affected your community.
2. In one paragraph, explain the difference between health education and health promotion.
3. Describe how community members work can together to solve this health problem.
4. Demonstrate your knowledge on how health education and health promotion efforts can assist your community in addressing the public health concern you outlined in the previous discussion.