title: Health counseling: two strategies.
abstract: The techniques of individual health counseling are important components of patient education. Two strategies--the use of information, and the arousal of fear by warning about risks--are discussed in detail. These strategies, when applied according to the specific needs of the patient and the clinical situation, can be successfully incorporated with other patient education techniques to change patients' health behavior. The Clip & Carry offers guidelines for the use of these two strategies in counseling patients.
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*