Community Health Education

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A combination of health and education – health education – reflects the attributes of both and is aimed at enhancing democratic learning processes, human dignity and community value systems. Health education can be defined as the area in which social and health sciences are applied to facilitate the development of healthy lifestyles and behaviour among people. It is, therefore, important that people in a community be organized to solve their health problems through their own efforts where no organized institutions are in action. Based on the author's experience in community health education programmes, the present book describes, explains, evaluates and even theorizes, on the important issues of health and recreation as they apply to one and all. It also examines the potential of culturally and historically-rooted action-oriented educational methods and materials to address the problems of the deprived sections of people, viz., women, children with special needs, and the elderly. Besides students of home science, the book will prove useful for development workers, activists, planners and policy makers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rameshwari Pandya

Dr. Rameshwari Pandya did her B.Sc. and B.Ed. from Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi and secured her M.Sc., M.ed. and Ph.D. degrees from the Mahaeaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. She is the recipient of Shrinati Leela Ben Shah Gold Medal for her academic excellence. She is a senior faulty member in the Faculty of Family and Community Sciences at the Maharaja Sayajiro Univeristy of Baroda. She is in-charge of Pragati, the urban extension wing of the Faculty. She is a member of the Board of Studies, the Senate, and Syndicate of the University. Dr. Panday has published 10 books and 100 research papers in professional journals of repute. She has successfully completed several projects including one major project titled Promotion of Communal Harmony funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. She has attended and organized a number of workshops, seminars, conferences and short-term courses at the state, national and international levels.