Health education: the community as an agent of its own change.
Health education has often proceeded on the assumption that when a health problem is identified, efforts should be made to make the public more aware of it. Dr Ina Simnet, area health education officer for Northumberland, suggests this approach may be counterproductive.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom