Philosophical Foundations of Health Education (Public Health AAHE)

450 Pages·2009·2.596 MB·English

by  Jill M. Black, Steven R. Furney, Helen M. Graf, Ann E. Nolte

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PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH EDUCATION
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Philosophical Foundations of Health Education covers the philosophical and ethical
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foundations of the practice of health education in school, community, work site, and
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hospital settings, as well as in health promotion consultant activities. The book presents NOLTE
personal philosophies of health educators, essential philosophical perspectives, and a
range of philosophical issues that are relevant to health education practice. Philosophical
Foundations of Health Education is organized around the fi ve major philosophical traditions:
cognitive-based, decision-making, behavior change, freeing/functioning, and social change.
FOUNDATIONS
Co-published with the American Association for Health Education, this important work is
an essential resource for student and professional. Each section contains a challenge to the
reader that suggests critical thinking questions to reinforce the key points of the chapter,
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invite comparison with other perspectives, refl ect on the implications of the perspective,
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Jill M. Black, PhD, CHES, is an associate professor in the Department of Health, Physical H P HEALTH
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Community Health Education Program. She is a fellow of the American Association for Health IC
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Steven R. Furney, EdD, MPH, is a professor of Health Education and director of the Division
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of Health Education at Texas State University. He is a fellow of the American Association for
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Helen M. Graf, PhD, is an associate professor and undergraduate program director in the A I
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Ann E. Nolte, PhD, Distinguished Professor, emerita, of Health Education in the Department of IO O
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Health Sciences at Illinois State University, was a fellow of the American Association for Health
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American Association for Health Education is the premier national organization for health
educators and other professionals who promote the health of all people, with 5,500 health
educators in school, college, research, community, medical, and industry settings.
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PHILOSOPHICAL
FOUNDATIONS OF
HEALTH EDUCATION
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PHILOSOPHICAL
FOUNDATIONS OF
HEALTH EDUCATION
J I L L M . B L A C K
S T E V E R . F U R N E Y
H E L E N M . G R A F
A N N E . N O LT E
EDITORS
FOREWORD BY VALERIE A. UBBES
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Philosophical foundations of health education / Jill M. Black . . . [et al.], editors ; foreword by
Valerie A. Ubbes.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-978-0-470-43678-3 (pbk.)
1. Health education. I. Black, Jill M., 1959-
RA440.P485 2010
613—dc22
2009027722

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CONTENTS
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
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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 (cid:129) Galen E. Cole (cid:129) Gordon James
(cid:129) Diane D. Butterworth
10 PHILOSOPHICAL TRENDS IN HEALTH EDUCATION:
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 79
Helen M. Welle (cid:129) Robert D. Russell (cid:129) 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 (cid:129) Jill M. Black (cid:129) Judith A. Ausherman
12 THE PARADIGM SHIFT TOWARD TEACHING FOR THINKING:
PERSPECTIVES, BARRIERS, SOLUTIONS, AND
ACCOUNTABILITY 109
Bette B. Keyser (cid:129) James T. Broadbear
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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 (cid:129) Walt Stoll
17 PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING: CATALYST FOR
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE 169
J. Frederick Garman (cid:129) Carol J. Teske (cid:129) Duane A. Crider
18 HEALTH PROMOTION AND EMPOWERMENT:
REFLECTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 179
Ronald Labonte
PART 5
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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 (cid:129) Barbara Ronson
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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 (cid:129) 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 (cid:129) Terrance Allbrecht (cid:129) Elizabeth Gulitz
(cid:129) Mary Figg (cid:129) 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 (cid:129) Eleanor Dixon-Terry
28 THE ROLE OF HEALTH EDUCATION ADVOCACY IN
REMOVING DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE 319
John P. Allegrante (cid:129) Donald E. Morisky (cid:129) Behjat A. Sharif
29 LESSONS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE 335
Helda Pinzon-Perez
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