Educators and health education.

Health Education and Behavior: Are School Health Educators in Denial?

INTRODUCTION In the course of its history, health education has operated under a number of different and often competing philosophical positions. The present situation is a microcosm of the past in that each of these differing positions is alive and well in various corners of health education practice today. Some might conclude that such diversity of viewpoints, or philosophies, indicates a ric...

Health Education and Health Promotion

The Effect of School Health Educators Experience on the Orientation of School Health Education Programs: A Conventional Content Analysis

Background: Today, school health educators teach health problems based on their views and beliefs, in schools. The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of school health educators toward the orientation of school health education programs.   Methods: This research was carried out qualitatively using content analysis. Ten Dehloran health educators were selected through purposeful ...

The importance of anatomy in health professions education and the shortage of qualified educators.

The current shortage of faculty qualified to teach anatomy in U.S. medical schools is reversible. Sufficient numbers of individuals are in the pipeline to provide a future cadre of well-trained faculty members educating students in gross anatomy. The challenge is to realign departmental, institutional, and federal training grant priorities and resources, creating incentives for graduate student...

Educators' Perspective on Library Education in Nigeria