[How to practice health education in a general medicine or a pharmacy setting? Results from an experiment among pregnant women, adolescents and elderly people].
This experiment evaluated the development and implementation of 5 pilot health education activities using a comprehensive and population-based approach in general medicine practice and in pharmacies. These interventions involved 185 patients, and they were developed and carried out by 35 general practitioners and pharmacists in 5 sites in France between 2001 and 2004. Health professionals often demonstrated and argued for a comprehensive approach to health: positive vision of health, integration of different aspects of health, and personalized, tailored efforts. Pregnant women, adolescents, and elderly people have certain specificities that must be taken into account in a population-based approach. The activities were based on simple techniques using interview guidelines and informational documents to aid and support both expressiveness and the professional-patient relationship.
Karrer
Maryse
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Institut national de la prévention et de l'education pour la santé, 42, bd de la Libération, 93203 Saint Denis cedex.
Buttet
Pierre
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Vincent
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D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists; D010821:Physicians, Family; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation