I want to read studies that measure the efficacy of health education in producing behavioral outcomes.
My naive assumption has been that most health education has few objective affordances nor lasting benefits. I would like to confirm or correct that assumption with data.
By health education I mean anything that informs consumers about health risks and conditions for purposes of prevention or self-care. Academic, clinical, governmental, social, instructor-led, self-paced, online, printed, video etc.
What techniques are deemed effective; what is the evidence for that belief?
Robert - have a look 'generally' through my site. A lot of the content relates to what constitutes effective and ineffective health education - and stuff in-between.
Thank you Dean. I bookmarked your Flinders web page and will start there. Your profile is impressive.
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There is agreement with your position Dr. Becker.
A concordant vision on intelligent consumption and others:
Chapter Quality of life and education in the knowledge society
If you are considering only provision of information, then you are probably correct. However, just as education in general is far more than just the giving of facts, health education is far more than a one-way transmission of facts. When quality health education is provided there is efficacy.
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