title: Application of social science theories to family planning health education in the People's Republic of China.
abstract: The transformation of the Chinese society was political and economic by revolution; it was also social and cultural through mass education. Group decisions have been used to induce social change in the Chinese society and applied extensively to the family planning program. The methods which Kurt Lewin developed to change food habits, have been perfected on a grand scale of myriad ways by the Chinese.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003142:Communication; D003148:Communism; D003657:Decision Making; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006266:Health Education; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012922:Social Change; D012942:Social Sciences; D012945:Social Values