Functions of health communication

For effective health communication, there need to satisfy some requirements and it helps effective functioning of health communication. The procedures to complete health communication are:

a. Information

b. Education

c. Motivation

d. Persuasion

e. Counselling

f. Raising morals

g. Health development

h. Organization

Information

Information is the main function to satisfy health communication. Appropriate scientific knowledge help to create awareness and effectiveness of health communication. Information should be clear and easy to access.

Education

It’s a byproduct of knowledge and key to the good function of health communication. Education and behavior are the two main features create attitude and behavior. A well organized health communication is cause to change attitudes, misunderstandings of people and lead to create well-being of healthy life.

Motivation

To adopt and change life-style pattern of a person there need some motivation. One of the main functions of health communication is to create a motivation that leads to accept health education.

Persuasion

It’s the ability to influence the people. There not need to accept health education by force. But, persuasion is the key of self acceptance of health awareness and adopts it to the life-style.

Counselling

It helps people to understand ideas on health education and solve doubts, problems and also to query any additional knowledge about the topic/event.

Raising morale

There need to raise some confidence and create enthusiasm to a group or a person who seek health education. It helps adopt the ideas very easily.

Health development

Communication plays a major role to make improvement in health development of people. Appropriate awareness about needed issues of people can create development easily.

Health organization

Communication is the root and stem organization. It’s the byproduct of health communication to make an organization that leads to a successful healthy life.