Health Education Philosophies

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This paper describes different health education philosophies as well as the author's own health education philosophy and how and why she arrived at such a philosophy. The author emphasizes that her own philosophy on teaching health education is derived from a combination of several teaching philosophies which she believes will promote the knowledge and skills necessary for her students, their families and the community to achieve a better quality of life.

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"Our profession is at a critical stage of self-evaluation, of which philosophical inquiry is a key element. Answers to the questions of what health education is and how one accomplishes this will determine the place of health education now and in the future. (Welle, Russell, & Kittleson, 1995) My initial reaction while reading the Welle et al article, was that there seems to be a need to define a single philosophy for the credibility and effectiveness of health education in general. After some thought, however, my focus shifted. Since such a wide variety of settings, audiences and issues exist; a single philosophy of health education would not be beneficial or even possible. It makes sense that there were significant oppositional views when it came to the study participants' philosophical choices, given their differences in educational settings."

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