Bringing Order to the Literature of Health Education
1980; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 302; Issue: 26 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1056/nejm198006263022611
ISSN1533-4406
Autores Tópico(s)Public Health Policies and Education
ResumoThe literature of health education for the public is in disarray. It is jumbled, confused, and untidy. It is an omnium-gatherum of science, pseudoscience, tenuous theory, and unmitigated claptrap. Futhermore, it is ephemeral — made up largely of pamphlets of all sizes, shapes, and descriptions, paperbacks, throwaways, and miscellaneous unclassified and unclassifiable tracts and missives. Worst of all, it has never been organized systematically. The material that is available, much of it excellent, cannot be found easily by the average reader. Like Topsy, the health-education literature just grew. Unlike Little Eva, it will never get to heaven, and certainly not . . .
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