HEALTH EDUCATION FOR SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The health of people is fundamental to the attainment of peace and security. When one is in the right state of health, such an individual becomes more productive and other aspects of life become enhanced. This paper focused on health education for security and sustainable development. The concepts of health, health education, security, and sustainable development were explained. The paper highlighted some health education strategies for sustaining the environment and making it safe for living, as well as some merits of safety education as an arm of health education. Also, the paper highlighted health education processes that promote sustainable development. It discussed the contribution of health education to educational, technological, economic, environmental and social developments. In conclusion, the paper suggests that for development to effectively take place, effective health education (that is, health programme that reaches every level of the society) must be vigorously pursued at all levels of the educational continuum so that the beneficiaries of such health instructions would be able to modify their behaviour positively. This would enable them to be physically, socially, psychologically, intellectually and emotionally fit to assimilate such items in the educational programme that enhance national development.