Every government has specific services that it provides for its citizens. One of the primary areas that every government should focus at is health care (Younghee, 2013). There are various ways through which a government can improve the status of health care provided to the public. Some of these approaches are health education and medical practice. Health education helps the people to avoid unhealthy habits and make healthy choices while medical practice deals with medical issues affecting the people.
Health education helps in reducing the health problems in society. For example, lung cancer in smokers is a significant problem that can be minimized with health literacy. Therefore, the government, the media, and individuals are giving attention to health education and medical practice because they are highly beneficial programs to both the citizens and the nation. Health education enables people to be health literate which is significant to the general public health and consequently public finances controlled by the government in health care sector. Sadly, not everyone is able to comprehend the information shared in health education which results to poor decision making regarding medical matters. The poor decisions shift the cost to the government over time as it reflects in medical cost. On the other hand, medical practice is also important for every country as not every health issue is controlled before it occurs (Younghee, 2013). Therefore, the medics are always placed in the right places to deal with misfortunes that occur. Health education also focuses on sex education and stress management. Educating the public on sex helps in controlling unplanned and unwanted pregnancies while training them on stress management helps in preventing other health problems like depression and high blood pressure among others. It is, therefore, important that every government takes health education seriously as the benefits surpass the adverse effects by far (Younghee, 2013).
References
Younghee, N. (2013). The Development and performance measurements of education programs to improve consumer health information literacy. User & Reference Services Quarterly, 54(1), 120-132.
