Health Education : Creating Strategies for School and Community Health

by Gilbert, Glen G.

• ISBN13: 9780763713348
• ISBN10: 0763713341
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Summary

The philosophy presented in this text is based on the premise that the core of health education is the process of health education. The skills necessary to plan and deliver effective health education programs are fundamentally the same in any setting-classroom, workplace, hospital, or community. This text encourages the systematic development of sound, effective, and appropriate presentation methods and demonstrates the evolving state of health education. After reading and synthesizing this text, The health educator will be able to: Plan properly for health education instruction. Develop quality lesson/presentation plans and unit plans. Plan For The special needs of target populations. Select appropriate methods through a systematic approach. Use methods of intervention properly.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
About the Authors	xix
Introduction	1	(8)
Process of Health Education	3	(1)
History of Health Education	3	(2)
Goals of the Text	5	(1)
Health Education Competencies	5	(1)
Format of the Text	6	(1)
Method Selection Components	7	(2)
Planning for Instruction	9	(36)
Program Planning	10	(1)
Needs Assessment	11	(1)
Target Population	12	(2)
Focus Groups	14	(1)
The Links Among Goals, Objectives, and Evaluation	15	(1)
Why Use Objectives?	16	(2)
Issues in Setting Objectives and Selecting Interventions/Methods	18	(2)
Process Objectives	20	(1)
Writing Outcome/Impact Objectives	20	(1)
Writing General Goals	21	(1)
Narrowing Goals to Measurable Objectives	21	(1)
Writing Self-Contained Outcome/Impact Objectives	22	(2)
Other Objective-Writing Formats	24	(1)
Suggested Recipe for Writing Health Education Outcome/Impact Objectives	25	(1)
Objective-Writing Exercises	26	(2)
Examples of Goal and Objective Setting	28	(5)
Ethics as Part of Planning	33	(1)
Human Subjects Review	34	(1)
Ethical Obligations to Employer	34	(2)
The Learning Environment	36	(5)
Using the Total Environment	41	(4)
Selecting an Intervention/Method	45	(35)
Objectives as Drivers of Selection	46	(1)
Educational Principles	47	(1)
Theory and Model Application	48	(11)
Models	59	(7)
Limitations and Future Directions	66	(1)
Educational Domains	67	(1)
Characteristics of Learner and Community	67	(5)
Packaging the Total Intervention Strategy	72	(8)
Presentation and Unit Plan Development	80	(24)
Lesson/Presentation Plans	81	(5)
Unit Plans	86	(1)
Unit Construction Guidelines	87	(2)
Unit Plan Samples	89	(15)
Methods of Instruction/Intervention	104	(71)
Using Methods as a Framework	105	(64)
Getting-Acquainted (Icebreaker) Activities	106	(5)
Audiotapes	111	(1)
Audiovisual Materials	112	(1)
Brainstorming	113	(2)
Case Studies	115	(1)
Computer-Assisted Instruction	116	(2)
Cooperative Learning and Group Work	118	(1)
Debates	119	(3)
Displays and Bulletin Boards	122	(1)
Educational Games	123	(7)
Experiments and Demonstrations	130	(5)
Field Trips	135	(2)
Guest Speakers	137	(2)
Guided Imagery	139	(1)
Humor	139	(2)
Lecture	141	(2)
Mass Media	143	(1)
Models	144	(1)
Music	145	(1)
Newsletters	146	(2)
Panels	148	(1)
Peer Education	149	(2)
Personal Improvement Projects	151	(1)
Problem Solving	152	(2)
Puppets	154	(2)
Role Plays	156	(2)
Self-Appraisals	158	(2)
Service Learning	160	(1)
Simulations	161	(4)
Theater	165	(2)
Value Clarification	167	(1)
World Games and Puzzles	168	(1)
Promising Methods by Topic	169	(6)
Personal Computers and the Internet	175	(28)
Getting Started	178	(1)
Now That You Are Online	179	(1)
Conducting a Search	179	(1)
Selecting a Search Engine	179	(2)
Caveat Emptor	181	(1)
The Feds Strike Back!	182	(1)
Evaluating Internet Sites	183	(5)
Understanding and Decoding URLs	188	(2)
Correctly Citing Web Sources	190	(2)
Personal Computers, the Internet, and Health Education	192	(3)
Distance Learning and Health Education	195	(1)
Chat Rooms	196	(2)
Bulletin Boards	198	(1)
Finding Colleagues	199	(1)
Technology Pioneers in Health Education	199	(1)
Videoconferencing	199	(4)
Using Media and Common Audiovisual Equipment	203	(28)
Major Types of Media	205	(5)
The Dinosaur Section	210	(2)
Preparing Visual Materials	212	(2)
Selecting and Evaluating Media	214	(7)
Media Development	221	(4)
Media Literacy	225	(6)
Minority Health	231	(26)
Changing Demographics in the United States	233	(2)
Should We Study Minority Health?	235	(2)
Racial and Ethnic Disparties in Health	237	(9)
Cultural Competency	246	(2)
Tuskegee-A Legacy of Doubt	248	(1)
Tuskegee Postscript	249	(3)
Suggested Health Promotion Strategies for Diverse Cultures	252	(1)
Ethnicity and the Health Educator	253	(4)
Special Challenges	257	(28)
Exceptional Populations	258	(4)
Visually Impaired	262	(5)
Learning Disabled	267	(5)
Deafness	272	(13)
Controversial Topics: Sexuality Education	285	(39)
Justification of Program Development	290	(3)
Current Issue: Abstinence Versus Responsibility	293	(5)
Developing Goals and Objectives for Sexuality Education	298	(4)
Opposition to Sexuality Education	302	(5)
Obstacles to Teaching Sex Education	307	(2)
Avoiding Trouble in Sexuality Education	309	(7)
Establishing Curriculum or Program in a Controversial Area	316	(1)
Political Correctness and the Health Educator	317	(7)
Appendix RESOURCES	324	(8)
Entry-Level Health Educator Competencies	325	(1)
Graduate-Level Health Educator Competencies	326	(1)
Code of Ethics for the Health Education Profession	327	(3)
Professional Organizations	330	(2)
Glossary	332	(6)
Photo Credits	338	(1)
Index	339