title: [Health resistance and its consequences for health education and promotion].
abstract: This paper presents analyses and discusses the phenomenon of 'health resistance' in health education and health promotion settings. The metaanalysis was used. British and American articles and books, published in the last ten years, were the materials. In particular, the concept of 'health resistance' is defined and its affinity with the psychological reactance theory is described. Finally, strategies and methods of reducing 'health resistance' in health education and health promotion are presented.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Edukacji, Akademia Medyczna im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu, 61-701 Poznań.
authors.forename: Mirosława
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cylkowska-Nowak
mesh_terms: D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008019:Life Style; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011044:Poland; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D020377:Self Efficacy