Theoretical Foundations of Health Education and Health Promotion

By on August 9, 2010 in Books
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Theoretical Foundations of Health Education and Health Promotion introduces readers to common theories from behavioral and social sciences that are being used in health education and promotion today. With its accessible language and emphasis on practical application, this text helps students grasp new theories easily and shows students how to use these theories effectively when designing programs in community, school, work-site, or patient care settings.
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Consumer Health: A Guide To Intelligent Decisions

By on August 9, 2010 in Books
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This new edition of the most comprehensive text available in the field continues to provide a vast amount of information to enable consumers to make wise choices regarding health products and services. It offers a panoramic view of the health marketplace, while explaining the scientific methods that are essential for validating claims about how products and services affect health.
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Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action (J-B Public Health/Health Services Text)

By on August 9, 2010 in Books
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Advancing Health Literacy addresses the crisis in health literacy in the United States and around the world. This book thoroughly examines the critical role of literacy in public health and outlines a practical, effective model that bridges the gap between health education, health promotion, and health communication. Step by step, the authors outline the theory and practice of health literacy from a public health perspective. This comprehensive resource includes the history of health literacy, theoretical foundations of health and language literacy, the role of the media, a series of case studies on important topics including prenatal care, anthrax, HIV/AIDS, genomics,[Read More]
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Would not a National Health Educator better serve the public?

By on June 29, 2010 in SIU's HED 561 Technology Class

For some time now there has been a movement to have established an office of National Nurse. This person would be right hand to the Surgeon General. As a nurse myself I can see great benefit to this. However, when two of the nurses working on this made the statement “who better to educate the [...]

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Community Organizing and Technology

By on June 24, 2010 in Generally Speaking

To the group, I had another thought about how we can combine community organizing and technology. Looking at the three models of the community organizing – locality, social action, and social planning – how can we use technology like twitter, blogging, facebook, etc. What are your thoughts?

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