Education is ubiquitous with clinical care. However, not all education supports behavioral change. Education is a broad term that encompasses the process of obtaining general knowledge, personal awareness, and skills training. Although not sufficient, education is a necessary component for behavior change.

How does education affect behavior?

With a higher quality of education, more complex tasks can be solved, and behavior suffers less from fewer mistakes. ... Education works through the enhancement of cognitive ability — which is a combination of intelligence and knowledge — and also through the mechanisms of changing personality and behavior.

How does education change a person?

Education changes lives. It's a fact. Data shows that just a single extra year of schooling can increase an individual's earnings by up to 10%, and if all students in low income countries left school with basic reading skills, it could pull 171 million people out of poverty.