Health educators in the future will have to become more active in political and economic processes, and serve also as planners, administrators, and consultants to other health-related professions. (JD)

Changes in the organization and delivery of health care services have created the need for health education to include training in patient education, consumer advocacy, health planning, occupational health, training and continuing education, team-building, organizational development, and administration. (JD)

Health education, particularly at the undergraduate level, is in the stage of professional development for experimentation and raising such issues as: accrediting/approving mechanisms, identification of knowledge and skills, practical field experience, and self-study guides for direction of preparation. (JD)

It has been recommended that health education institutions develop a common market arrangement specifically in health education, based upon a recognition of the increasing alliance between the public and private sectors in both health care and education, and the need to utilize maximally the existing resources. (JD)

The development of an interdisciplinary curriculum grew out of the conviction that the scope of the preparation of community health educators needs to be expanded to provide experiences that emphasize health as an interdependent global concern and that health educators need to enhance their ability to work with people of many cultures. (JD)

A study of health educators indicates that while some institutions use the method of competency based teacher education, they are in a small minority, and there is some disagreement as to the effectiveness of CBTE in this field. (JD)

An educational program is proposed designed to promote patient participation in preventive and treatment phases of health care, including the physical and emotional aspects of illness; the patient will also learn about the health care system itself. (JD)

Children form concepts about death from a very early age; the appropriate time to talk about death is when it is part of the child's experience. (JD)

The phenomenon of cognitive dissonance was examined in relation to consumer habits. (MM)

The health educator needs to be aware of the relationship between religious orientation and health. (MM)

American schools traditionally have been expected to have a role in students' affective development by encouraging positive development and preventing undesirable development. (MM)

Health educators need to utilize behavioral criteria to assess the effectiveness of school health education programs. (MM)

Further results of a comprehensive survey of the AAHE membership are reported. (MM)