The provision of patient and family education

An Empirical Study on Outpatients’ Health Education Needs and the Effectiveness of E-learning

“…Health care providers, however, should realize that patient health education (PHE) can be delivered in a variety of ways; hence, no preconditions should be set as to which methods of delivery are applied (Hartmann & Kochar, 1994). There was also an early research concluding that some traditional ways of health education, such as notice boards, should be retired to give way to more modern methods that are better suited for the job of health education (Wicke, Lorge, Coppin, & Jones, 1994).…”

“…The two concepts are similar and prominent components of health care in advanced countries (Whitehead, 2003). Early literature also supported the value of patient teaching in the area of ambulatory care (Hartmann & Kochar, 1994; Heringa, Lauson, & Reda, 1987; Sarisley, 1987). As a result, the Bureau of Health Promotion and the Public Health Bureau are convinced that patient health education plays a crucial role in outpatients’ health maintenance (Laine et al, 1996; Wu, 2002).…”

Social Determinants of Pediatric Residents' Injury Prevention Counseling

“…Instead, it includes assessing needs, understanding parents' perspectives, and attempting to bring about behavior change by engaging parents in new ways of caring for their children. [42][43][44][45] It seems that most pediatric residents ask parents about a few childhood injury risks and protective devices (eg, do you have a car seat?) and then praise them if they answer in a way that demonstrates appropriate safety practices.…”

“…For injury prevention counseling to be effective, it should address these behavior change issues. 14,29,[42][43][44][45] Injury prevention is a broad subject area, covering a wide variety of topics. Different injury types are associated with different rates of mortality and morbidity, and counseling should be prioritized to reflect this fact.…”