Modern health education: the model of risk factors for the understanding of pathological mechanisms

Many diseases of the earlier times, especially communicable diseases, are no longer a problem for mankind today. Nowadays at the forefront are acute conditions, caused by germs that transmit diseases.The main problem of our days is the so-called cultural diseases. As with infectious diseases, here too, a cause of the disease can not be uniquely defined. So instead of the causes, risk factors are investigated. The purpose of this study was to approach, analyze and ultimately examine the model of risk factors for the understanding of pathological mechanisms, and there by help to prevent and promote health.
The method adopted for the study was a review of the bibliography. Based on this study, it is found that the so-called risk factor model has provided valuable services for understanding pathological mechanisms that are responsible for many diseases.
A modern health education, in the sense of promoting health, should also take into account the conditions of the social context, as well as the interests of specific social groups and individual motivations of behavior. At this point, however, Medicine reaches the limits of its potential.For this reason, aspects of health and attitudes concerning health must also be enlightened by social sciences. In summary, we can say that the medical model of risk factors and health education programs based on it provide a basis for planning and implementing targeted preventive measures to influence health.