Enhancing the effectiveness of health education strategies.
Numerous articles have chronicled the problems that stem from patients' lack of compliance with health care recommendations, yet there has not been a systematic approach to the development of a strategy for increasing the effectiveness of health education programs. In this article, making use of anticipatory guidance, group well-child care, and injury prevention strategies, the author outlines several programs he has developed that can improve the effectiveness of health education strategies.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care