Abstract
M.Cur.
Health Education is an important component of health promotion, which is concerned,
with the health status of both the individual and the community. Health education takes place daily and is planned by the health worker and the patient in order to enable the latter to willingly make independent informed decisions about health and to practice these of her own choice. If the health workers provides the patient with information and knowledge concerning health and illness management and this information is not compatible with her cultural background, the health worker will not succeed in enabling the patient to make informed choices, as the information is not congruent with the prevailing cultural milieu. In order to provide culture-congruent health information, specific attention must be given to the planning of the patient's communicated needs. Both the health worker and the patient approach the education process from their own cultural context. The health worker's central focus must be the cultural context of the patient.
The aim of this study is to determine to what extent health education given by final year B. Cur students on the Phelophepa train is culture-congruent. Health education sessions are evaluated. Health education is evaluated for culture congruence and as a result of the findings guidelines for culture congruent health education is described. For the purposes of this study, use was made of a exploratory, descriptive and contextual design. Health education was explored on videotapes and evaluated by means of naive sketches by expert evaluators. These results were compared with the literature and as a result of this, guidelines for culture-congruent health education in community nursing were developed.