Objective To identify a method for health education using the example of an educational seminar on AIDS prevention and control at Hebei Medical University in China, 1994.Methods Our goal is the theoretical formulati...Objective To identify a method for health education using the example of an educational seminar on AIDS prevention and control at Hebei Medical University in China, 1994.Methods Our goal is the theoretical formulation of a unified community approach for problem solving through the combination of the self regulative approach and the case analytical approach. “Quality improvement”, “essential quality” and “human ecosystems” provide the basic ideas for better understanding the integration of culture, science and technology within the “cultural norm”.Results The present seminar was successfully organized for Chinese medical students based on the theme of “living with AIDS”. Through this program, we identified that self regulative and case analytical approach were major issues for holistic approach to health education. We also identified that a community approach provides the scientific basis for health education in the community.Conclusions The present paper generates a healthcare paradigm for surveillance in health/medical education. Through a better understanding of community approach, we related “community care” (emphasizing self, mutual, professional and institutional care) to the “practical norm”; and “preventive epidemiology” (emphasizing the unification of quality and quantity, as well as systems and population) to the “research norm”.展开更多
文摘Objective To identify a method for health education using the example of an educational seminar on AIDS prevention and control at Hebei Medical University in China, 1994.Methods Our goal is the theoretical formulation of a unified community approach for problem solving through the combination of the self regulative approach and the case analytical approach. “Quality improvement”, “essential quality” and “human ecosystems” provide the basic ideas for better understanding the integration of culture, science and technology within the “cultural norm”.Results The present seminar was successfully organized for Chinese medical students based on the theme of “living with AIDS”. Through this program, we identified that self regulative and case analytical approach were major issues for holistic approach to health education. We also identified that a community approach provides the scientific basis for health education in the community.Conclusions The present paper generates a healthcare paradigm for surveillance in health/medical education. Through a better understanding of community approach, we related “community care” (emphasizing self, mutual, professional and institutional care) to the “practical norm”; and “preventive epidemiology” (emphasizing the unification of quality and quantity, as well as systems and population) to the “research norm”.
