Sante Publique. 2013;25(2):s125-35.

[Health education, patient education and health promotion: educational methods and strategies].

Sante publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France)

[Article in French]
Brigitte Sandrin

PMID: 24313072

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to help public health actors with an interest in health promotion and health care professionals involved in therapeutic education to develop and implement an educational strategy consistent with their vision of health and health care. First, we show that the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and the French Charter for Popular Education share common values. Second, an examination of the career and work of Paulo Freire, of Ira Shor's pedagogical model and of the person-centered approach of Carl Rogers shows how the work of educational practitioners, researchers and theorists can help health professionals to implement a truly "health-promoting" or "therapeutic" educational strategy. The paper identifies a number of problems facing health care professionals who become involved in education without reflecting on the values underlying the pedagogical models they use.

MeSH terms

• Health Education / methods
• Health Promotion / methods
• Humans
• Models, Educational
• Patient Education as Topic / methods

Publication Types

• English Abstract
• Journal Article