Iatrogenic health education disease is defined as a condition of poorer health as a result of health education. Many side effects of health education are discussed. Symptoms in people and programs are described. Recommendations are made to help people make decisions which suit their needs. (MT)

Health consists of social, mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical components. Wellness is the integration of these components, and high-level wellness is the balance of these components. Iatrogenic health education disease results when health educators do not concern themselves with the whole person, and therefore, all components of health.…

Service learning has students learn through active participation in service experiences. It equally weights the benefits of the service to the recipient and the benefits of learning to the student. The article examines the benefits of service learning, provides examples of service-learning projects, and describes the use of service learning in…

Health education, in the sense of primary prevention, should direct itself to eliminating enslaving factors (such as feelings of inferiority, hostility, alienation; socioeconomic status, emotional distress, etc.) so that the client may freely choose health-related behaviors consistent with personal needs. (MJB)

College students experience a great deal of life changes during their school career. This article reports on a study that observed how students reacted to life changes and how this influenced the incidence of illness and disease. Results and implications for health educators are presented. (DF)

To study the relationships among stress, illness, and disease in a college student population, an intervention model was prepared. A study of life-changes demonstrated that college students experiencing a great deal of life-change contract more disease than those experiencing less stress. (JN)

Proposes the theory of contrasting experience, describing how it can maximize experiential learning in health education. The theory states that an experience cannot be fully processed or understood without comparable contrasting experience, and stresses the importance of learners being actively involved in the learning process. (SM)

The health educator should identify the causes of anti-social behavior, such as poor self-concept, negative peer influence, alienation and values confusion, in order to deal effectively with correcting unhealthy behavior patterns. (JD)

The purpose of this docoment is to help college students maintain health by keeping a weekly diary of health related behaviors including diet, exercise, and stress levels. In addition each weekly entry presents a self-care tip for health improvement. Discussions of the college student and health, health and lifestyle, instructions on use of the…

A more lasting change in smoking behavior and attitude results from a smoking intervention program that uses affective educational activities such as values clarification and discussions pertaining to feelings and emotions as they relate to cigarette smoking. (MM)

Although the school has an important role in teaching children good dental care habits, the example and guidance of parents is of first importance in helping children to develop the right attitudes toward dental health and the proper care of their teeth. (JD)

This paper describes a course called the Psychosocial Component in Health Education, which is offered as part of the health education program at the State University of New York at Buffalo--a graduate program for school and community health educators. In this particular 16-week course, students must write a research paper on one specific health…