3.4  The role of health education in risk reduction

Various models of disease causation and disease transmission have been developed. In this section you will learn about the chain of infection model and the communicable disease model that apply to communicable diseases. Also you will be able to study about the multi-causation disease model for non-communicable diseases. But, no matter which model is applied to explain disease causation and spread, health education has a very important role in reducing the spread and transmission of diseases through helping people reducing their health risks.