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As we approach the 21st Century, the major non-genetic contributors to premature death result from lifestyle. These lifestyle issues include tobacco use, diet and activity patterns, alcohol and illicit substance abuse, firearms, sexual behavior, and motor vehicles. All health professionals should learn more concerning how to motivate individuals to improve unhealthy lifestyles. However, health educators are uniquely positioned and educated to help change these behavioral determinants of health. A meeting convened in June, 1997, supported by the Bureau of Health Professions of the Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS, resulted in a number of recommendations and conclusions concerning actions which might be initiated by the profession, with limited support from the Bureau of Health Professions, to change the curricula for graduate level health educators to make their education more relevant for actual practice of the profession. The discussion included the following issues: recruitmen... |
