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ERIC Number: EJ430640
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-1055-6699
Empowerment as an Emerging Approach in Health Education.
Fahlberg, Larry L.; And Others
Journal of Health Education, v22 n3 p185-87,189-93 May-Jun 1991
Discusses the empowerment approach in health education, emphasizing the role of health educators as collaborators sensitive to each participant, group, and context. Empowerment programs do not blame the participant or the environment, but instead work collaboratively to enhance growth and change in the facilitators, participants, and environments. (SM)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Context Effect, Empowerment, Health Behavior, Health Education, Higher Education, Individual Power, Interdisciplinary Approach, Life Style, Locus of Control, Physical Health, Professional Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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