The Activated Health Education Model: Refinement and Implications for School Health Education

Abstract

A behaviorally based, health education instructional model was developed from a review of successful health education interventions. The analysis identified three principles common to improvement of health behavior among program participants: 1) active involvement in the intervention process, 2) awareness of the positive and negative influences of the behavior on health, and 3) personal responsibility for managing health behavior. These principles and several theoretical premises then were organized into a structural framework for the model. Next, studies were conducted to validate applications of these conditions and refine strategic components. The model then was formatted into a curricular design to achieve optimum behavior and provide ease of replication. Research related to developing and field testing the model are included. The model's limitations and strengths, implications for school health education, and plans for the future are presented.

Zone Tool: Improving Self-Care and Self-Efficacy among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

“…Egyptian patients and many patients in developing countries with chronic diseases need simple, accurate and easy accessed means to be used as self-instructional resources, predominantly, the patients with chronic illness and low literate. The majority of those patients have no internet access, no mobiles and no suitable income to be regular visitors for health consultation [13,21,30]. Consequently, health education materials have a tangible value in such countries and they should receive considerable attention in the healthcare system, mainly with CKD adult and senior patients.…”

“…Consequently, in Egypt as a developed country, the instructional materials for CKD patients, particularly or adult and older adult ages, need careful attention from the ministry of health and government for preparing, planning, developing and implementing such educational materials. [21,33,40,45] In Egypt, the health education field still has many limitations and drops, particularly, regarding sponsoring and funding. So, there is a huge gap between patients' educational needs and the implementation of the instructional tools provided by healthcare professionals.…”

“…Those health instructional aides are the essential environmental factors that have great positive effects on self-efficacy and self-care management among patients. [20,21,22]…”

Teaching Adolescents to Manage Their Own Health Care

“…Based on principles from the Activated Health Education instructional model (Dennison & Golaszewski, 2002), program staff drafted a complete PATCH for Teens lesson centered on the video clips. The lesson included scripted language for facilitators and step-by-step instructions on how to deliver the content and associated learning activities to help students comprehend, debrief, and apply the information in the videos.…”

Health-promoting initiatives in Saudi higher education

“…Furthermore, the activated health education model incorporates the use of social support and elements of the social cognitivism theory such as building off of prior knowledge (Zhou and Brown, 2015). Therefore, this paper argues that the activated health education model is suitable as it engages an individual in assessing health, seeking information and modifying his/her behaviour (Dennison and Golaszewski, 2002).…”