title: [Health education from the perspective of contemporary challenges and threats].
abstract: The latest socio-economical changes have had a great impact on the perception of health issues. The definition of health according to the WHO is often citied here as a kind of postulate of psychical, psychological and sociological well being. Health education takes an important part in propagating ideas of promoting and protecting health and also shaping life skills. Health education especially affects schools but it also has an impact on family and local community. Contemporary definitions of health education underline that it is also a process of learning how to take care of one's own health and that of others'. This attitude to health corresponds with the changing health problems affecting society. Despite implementing many programs and actions promoting health and preventing diseases on a world and European scale, there still exist many problems in this area. They are particularly due to disproportionate access to medical help and technological development resulting from low awareness, but most of all, from the low socioeconomic status of the people involved. The school, as a place where health education takes place, has the right and obligation to influence health behaviors of pupils and the whole of society.
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi: Zakład Psychologii Lekarskiej Katedry Nauk Humanistycznych. pawel.rasmus@umed.lodz.pl
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rasmus
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stetkiewicz-Lewandowicz
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talarowska
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sobów
mesh_terms: D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors