Summary

In this Study Session, you have learned that:

• Health promotion refers to any activities that result in better health in the community
  
• Health promotion encompasses the process of enabling people to increase control over ill-health conditions and improve their health
  
• Health promotion includes three activities: health education, health screening and disease prevention
• Health education is the process of transferring accurate and useful health information to the community (audience)
  
• Communicating health message (ANC-related) can be done Individually and through group discussions s(mass communication)
• Breast milk is the number one source of infants' food. The main benefits of breast milk are the following:
  
• It is ready-made and natural food.
  
• It provides the best nutrition for the newborn.
  
• It is easily digestible and efficiently used by the baby.
  
• It protects against infection and other illnesses because it contains antibodies.
  
• It is cost-effective and affordable.
  
• It promotes mother-baby bonding.
  
• It provides the mother as a contraceptive method (LAM) if she is exclusively breastfeeding until her first menstrual period returns.