Education that helps individuals develop the knowledge, attitudes, and especially skills needed to make, and carry out, positive health decisions. Skills-based Health education goes beyond ensuring that people know things, to ensuring that people do things.
How is Skills-Based Health Education Implemented?
Relies on relevant, effective content and interactive teaching and learning methods
SKILLS are abilities that enable people to carry out specific behaviors; includes life skills (decision-making, critical thinking, stress management, refusal skills, empathy, advocacy)