Factors Influencing Successful Preventive Health Education
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Health Education Quarterly
- Vol. 8 (3) , 187-208
- https://doi.org/10.1177/109019818100800301
Abstract
This paper examines factors which may influence successful preventive health education for all persons and especially poor persons. The discussion is organized within a tramework which includes cognitive factors, affective factors and skills. Types of health information and methods for information dissemination are discussed within the cognitive area. The discussion of emotional responses to preventive care examines organizational and individual factors which may be related to utilization. Finally, specific skills which enable an individual to utilize services are defined. Within each section a general presentation is followed by a discussion of implications for poor populations.Keywords
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