Philosophical Foundations of Health Education

Jill M. Black, PhD, CHES, is an associate professor in the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance at Cleveland State University and coordinator of the Community Health Education Program. She is a fellow of the American Association for Health Education.Steven R. Furney, EdD, MPH, is a professor of Health Education and director of the Division of Health Education at Texas State University. He is a fellow of the American Association for Health Education.Helen M. Graf, PhD, is an associate professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Georgia Southern University.Ann E. Nolte, PhD, Distinguished Professor, emerita, of Health Education in the Department of Health Sciences at Illinois State University, was a fellow of the American Association for Health Education and the American School Health Association.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.

• Figures, Tables, and Exhibits xiForeword xvIntroduction xviiThe Editors xxiPART 1 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES IN HEALTH EDUCATION 11 THIS I BELIEVE: A PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION 3Loren B. Bensley Jr.2 PHILOSOPHICAL BASES FOR HEALTH EDUCATION 7J. Keogh Rash3 THREE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS IN DEFINING A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY 11R. Morgan Pigg Jr.4 HEALTH EDUCATION AS A BASIC 17Carl E. Willgoose5 SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON HEALTH AND HEALTH EDUCATION: A PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT 29Charles R. Carroll6 THE HOLISTIC PHILOSOPHY AND PERSPECTIVE OF SELECTED HEALTH EDUCATORS 35Stephen B. ThomasPART 2 DEVELOPING A PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION 457 CONNECTING A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH TO THE PRACTICE OF HEALTH EDUCATION 49Becky J. Smith8 HEALTH EDUCATORS AND THE FUTURE: LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY 55Noreen M. Clark9 HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION: A LOOK AT THE JUNGLE OF SUPPORTIVE FIELDS, PHILOSOPHIES, AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 67Thomas C. Timmreck, Galen E. Cole, Gordon James, Diane D. Butterworth10 PHILOSOPHICAL TRENDS IN HEALTH EDUCATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 79Helen M. Welle, Robert D. Russell, Mark J. KittlesonPART 3 COGNITIVE APPROACHES IN HEALTH EDUCATION 9111 TEACHING FOR UNDERSTANDING IN HEALTH EDUCATION: THE ROLE OF CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS WITHIN CONSTRUCTIVISM THEORY 95Valerie A. Ubbes, Jill M. Black, Judith A. Ausherman12 THE PARADIGM SHIFT TOWARD TEACHING FOR THINKING: PERSPECTIVES, BARRIERS, SOLUTIONS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY 109Bette B. Keyser, James T. Broadbear13 HISTORICAL STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM 119Kenneth E. Veselak14 PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM 127Delbert OberteufferPART 4 CHANGING BEHAVIOR IN HEALTH EDUCATION 13515 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HEALTH EDUCATION: AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY 139Carl I. Fertman16 HEALTHY BEHAVIOR: THE IMPLICATIONS OF A HOLISTIC PARADIGM OF THINKING THROUGH BODYMIND RESEARCH 145Don Read, Walt Stoll17 PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING: CATALYST FOR BEHAVIORAL CHANGE 169J. Frederick Garman, Carol J. Teske, Duane A. Crider18 HEALTH PROMOTION AND EMPOWERMENT: REFLECTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 179Ronald LabontePART 5 FREEING / FUNCTIONING IN HEALTH EDUCATION 19719 HEALTH EDUCATION AS FREEING 201Jerrold S. Greenberg20 DEMOCRACY: THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS 207Andy Anderson, Barbara Ronson21 HUMAN ECOLOGY AND HEALTH EDUCATION 227Howard S. Hoyman22 SPIRITUAL WELLNESS, HOLISTIC HEALTH, AND THE PRACTICE OF HEALTH EDUCATION 243Steven HawksPART 6 SOCIAL CHANGE IN HEALTH EDUCATION 25323 NEW HEALTH PROMOTION MOVEMENT: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION 257Ann Robertson, Meredith Minkler24 POTENTIAL UNTAPPED: HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION AS A MEANS TO PEACE 275Daniel Leviton25 PUTTING POLITICS BACK IN PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION 299Martha L. Coulter, Terrance Allbrecht, Elizabeth Gulitz, Mary Figg, Charles Mahan26 HEALTH CARE REFORM: INSIGHTS FOR HEALTH EDUCATORS 305Thomas O'Rourke27 THE ROLE OF HEALTH EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS IN ADVOCACY 311M. Elaine Auld, Eleanor Dixon-Terry28 THE ROLE OF HEALTH EDUCATION ADVOCACY IN REMOVING DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE 319John P. Allegrante, Donald E. Morisky, Behjat A. Sharif29 LESSONS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE 335Helda Pinzon-PerezAPPENDIX A PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION GRID 341APPENDIX B PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION: A POSITION STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION (AAHE) 345APPENDIX C HEALTH LITERACY: A POSITION STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION (AAHE) 349APPENDIX D CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE HEALTH EDUCATION PROFESSION 351APPENDIX E CHES QUESTIONS 357References 413Index 417