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Philosophical Foundations of Health Education

Jill M. Black (Editor), Steven R. Furney (Editor), Helen M. Graf (Editor), Ann E. Nolte (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-43678-3
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448 pages
December 2009, ©2010, Jossey-Bass
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Figures, Tables, and Exhibits xi

Foreword xv

Introduction xvii

The Editors xxi

PART 1 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES IN HEALTH EDUCATION 1

1 THIS I BELIEVE: A PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION 3
Loren B. Bensley Jr.

2 PHILOSOPHICAL BASES FOR HEALTH EDUCATION 7
J. Keogh Rash

3 THREE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS IN DEFINING A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY 11
R. Morgan Pigg Jr.

4 HEALTH EDUCATION AS A BASIC 17
Carl E. Willgoose

5 SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON HEALTH AND HEALTH EDUCATION: A PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT 29
Charles R. Carroll

6 THE HOLISTIC PHILOSOPHY AND PERSPECTIVE OF SELECTED HEALTH EDUCATORS 35
Stephen B. Thomas

PART 2 DEVELOPING A PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION 45

7 CONNECTING A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH TO THE PRACTICE OF HEALTH EDUCATION 49
Becky J. Smith

8 HEALTH EDUCATORS AND THE FUTURE: LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY 55
Noreen M. Clark

9 HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION: A LOOK AT THE JUNGLE OF SUPPORTIVE FIELDS, PHILOSOPHIES, AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 67
Thomas C. Timmreck, Galen E. Cole, Gordon James, Diane D. Butterworth

10 PHILOSOPHICAL TRENDS IN HEALTH EDUCATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 79
Helen M. Welle, Robert D. Russell, Mark J. Kittleson

PART 3 COGNITIVE APPROACHES IN HEALTH EDUCATION 91

11 TEACHING FOR UNDERSTANDING IN HEALTH EDUCATION: THE ROLE OF CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS WITHIN CONSTRUCTIVISM THEORY 95
Valerie A. Ubbes, Jill M. Black, Judith A. Ausherman

12 THE PARADIGM SHIFT TOWARD TEACHING FOR THINKING: PERSPECTIVES, BARRIERS, SOLUTIONS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY 109
Bette B. Keyser, James T. Broadbear

13 HISTORICAL STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM 119
Kenneth E. Veselak

14 PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM 127
Delbert Oberteuffer

PART 4 CHANGING BEHAVIOR IN HEALTH EDUCATION 135

15 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HEALTH EDUCATION: AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY 139
Carl I. Fertman

16 HEALTHY BEHAVIOR: THE IMPLICATIONS OF A HOLISTIC PARADIGM OF THINKING THROUGH BODYMIND RESEARCH 145
Don Read, Walt Stoll

17 PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING: CATALYST FOR BEHAVIORAL CHANGE 169
J. Frederick Garman, Carol J. Teske, Duane A. Crider

18 HEALTH PROMOTION AND EMPOWERMENT: REFLECTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 179
Ronald Labonte

PART 5 FREEING / FUNCTIONING IN HEALTH EDUCATION 197

19 HEALTH EDUCATION AS FREEING 201
Jerrold S. Greenberg

20 DEMOCRACY: THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS 207
Andy Anderson, Barbara Ronson

21 HUMAN ECOLOGY AND HEALTH EDUCATION 227
Howard S. Hoyman

22 SPIRITUAL WELLNESS, HOLISTIC HEALTH, AND THE PRACTICE OF HEALTH EDUCATION 243
Steven Hawks

PART 6 SOCIAL CHANGE IN HEALTH EDUCATION 253

23 NEW HEALTH PROMOTION MOVEMENT: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION 257
Ann Robertson, Meredith Minkler

24 POTENTIAL UNTAPPED: HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION AS A MEANS TO PEACE 275
Daniel Leviton

25 PUTTING POLITICS BACK IN PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION 299
Martha L. Coulter, Terrance Allbrecht, Elizabeth Gulitz, Mary Figg, Charles Mahan

26 HEALTH CARE REFORM: INSIGHTS FOR HEALTH EDUCATORS 305
Thomas O'Rourke

27 THE ROLE OF HEALTH EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS IN ADVOCACY 311
M. Elaine Auld, Eleanor Dixon-Terry

28 THE ROLE OF HEALTH EDUCATION ADVOCACY IN REMOVING DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE 319
John P. Allegrante, Donald E. Morisky, Behjat A. Sharif

29 LESSONS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE 335
Helda Pinzon-Perez

APPENDIX A PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION GRID 341

APPENDIX B PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION: A POSITION STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION (AAHE) 345

APPENDIX C HEALTH LITERACY: A POSITION STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION (AAHE) 349

APPENDIX D CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE HEALTH EDUCATION PROFESSION 351

APPENDIX E CHES QUESTIONS 357

References 413

Index 417

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