Health Education – Responsibility – Changing Attitude: A New Pedagogical and Methodological Concept of Peer Education

Health-related attitudes can be modified and supported most effectively at young ages. Young generations require more interpersonal and interactive pedagogical methods in programs engaged in health promotion, as well. The aim of the authors was to get an insight into a relatively novel pedagogical m...

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Published in:Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Social Analysis 2018-10, Vol.8 (8), p.55-74
Main Authors: Feith, Helga Judit, GRADVOHL, Edina, Lukács J., Ágnes, Füzi, Rita, MÉSZÁROSNÉ DARVAY, Sarolta, Bihariné Krekó, Ilona, Falus, András
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Attitudes
Community service
Expenditures
Handbooks
Health education
Health promotion
Higher education
Learning
measuring the effectiveness of health promotion program
Methods
pedagogical method
Pedagogy
peer education
Peers
Personal development
Social psychology
Social Sciences
Sociology
Students
Teachers
Teenagers
Wellness programs
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Summary:Health-related attitudes can be modified and supported most effectively at young ages. Young generations require more interpersonal and interactive pedagogical methods in programs engaged in health promotion, as well. The aim of the authors was to get an insight into a relatively novel pedagogical method, called peer education. This multilateral activity is focusing the procedure on attitudes, experience, and motivation of youngsters in connection with health promotion programs and community service work. In this article, the authors describe 1) the theory, origin, and principal influences of peer education compared to traditional teaching methods and 2) the new, efficiency-oriented and science-based methodology of health education program.
ISSN:2069-7449
2248-0854
2248-0854
DOI:10.2478/aussoc-2018-0004