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D Sigaudès

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PubMed1987

[Desire, knowledge..., belief, choice, ...and ability].

The evolution of various approaches to health education and additions from educational psychology have brought about a proposition of an easy-to-follow (thus useful) model for health educators based on five nouns: Desire, Knowledge, Belief, Choice, and Ability (Vouloir, Savoir, Se voir, Choisir et Pouvoir). 1. Desire creates the motivation which is essential to action, and can stem from: anticipating consequences; and/or an internal need to resolve problems; and/or external constraints; and/or an interest, reflecting a system of values. Motivation increases, of course, when more than one of the above factors comes into play and the effects are combined. 2. Knowledge is the cognitive competence which is acquired through direct experience, imitation of models, or "verbal apprenticeship" which provides the individual with a repertoire of effective solutions to various problems. 3. Belief concerns the concept of self-evaluation (or rather self-estime). An individual judges his/her capacity to act according to his/her capabilities, and the community according to its actual or potential human, financial and material resources. 4. An individual or community uses its "knowledge" to consider a series of possible solutions to a given problem and chooses the solution according to a base of preferences. In health, as elsewhere, all actions have positive and negative consequences. An example can be found in the alcohol/tobacco area: a certain positive image of smoking and drinking has been portrayed in many socio-cultural environments, and educational campaigns have had a difficult time convincing the public of the negative consequences of these actions. It is thus not surprising that the "balance" of the decision continues toward substance abuse. 5. After "desire, knowledge, belief and choice" have filtered potential solutions, the decisive step is left: the individual and/or community execute an action according to their ability to succeed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1986

[10 years' activity of the IUHE (International Union for Health Education)].

During the 1975-85 decade, health education has taken on a new dimension, particularly after the Alma-Ata conference on primary health care (PHC). The enlarged concept of PHC has contributed to the evolution of the policy of the International Union for Health Education (IUHE). The IUHE has today five main objectives: 1) assert the role of health education in the socio-economic development of communities; 2) facilitate, by organizing lectures, seminars and working groups, exchanges between those responsible for the sanitary aspects of socio-economic development; 3) take part in increasing the knowledge concerning the role of education in the promotion, protection and recovery of health; 4) ensure the international circulation of publications and research pertaining to health education; 5) develop working relations with international organizations as well as NGOs and governments. The policy of the IUHE has evolved together with the concept of health education and this has meant structural changes: involving the regionalization of its activities through five regional offices. The IUHE services its members today through five regional offices: the one for Africa, operational since 1976; the one for North America, created in 1977; the South East Asian regional bureau, founded in 1983; the European bureau which was opened in 1968; and the bureau for the Northern part of Western Pacific which is only one year old and has its headquarters in Seoul (Republic of Korea). This new structure has enabled the IUHE to considerably develop its activities throughout the world.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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