title: Are basic assumptions we hold about health education defensible?
abstract: Underlying numerous programs designed to promote healthfulness are several implicit and/or overlooked assumptions. These suppositions are considered to be "understood." However, more often they lack validation in an empirical sense. The article is intended to prompt a systematic appraisal of certain presumptions about health, health education and health educators.
mesh_terms: D006262:Health; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans