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ISSN: 2637-6679

Research and Reviews on Healthcare: Open Access Journal

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Health Education and Promotion Panacea for Achieving Sustainable Developmental Goals in Nigeria Volume 7 - Issue 2

Adaeze Oguegbu*

  • Department of Public and Community Health, Liberty University, USA

Received: October 06, 2021   Published: January 13, 2022

Corresponding author: Adaeze Oguegbu, Department of Public and Community Health, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, USA

DOI: 10.32474/RRHOAJ.2022.07.000260

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Health as the totality of a person(s) state of mind, physic and social wellbeing is prioritized all around the world. This is imperative because health determines ones abilities and capabilities which reflect in the input one could make in their environment for improved productivity. The nation with healthy individuals stands to excel in national growth and development which affirms the maxim health is wealth. A healthy nation is a wealthy nation thus to achieve any kind of development in any sector, it has to attained through healthy individuals. Sequel to this, sustainable developmental goals have to be accomplished when the citizens of the country are sound physically, socially and psychologically. In the absence of good health of the citizens, the national aims and objectives as well as the sustainable developmental goals will remain unaccomplished leading to under development and its attendant upheavals. Stemming from the above declaration, this paper tries to unravel the concepts of health education and promotion, importance of health education and promotion to the populace, the sustainable developmental goals and how health and promotion education could accelerate the achievement of sustainable developmental goals in Nigeria. Suggestions were also made in that direction.

Keywords: Health Education; Promotion; Panacea; Achieving; Sustainable Developmental Goals

Abstract| Introduction| The Concept of Health Education| Problems of Teaching Health Education in Nigerian Schools| The Concept of Health Promotion| The Scope of Health Promotion| The focus of health promotion is| Conclusion| Suggestions| References|

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