| Description |
1 online resource (122 pages) |
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Editor's Notes; 1. The Role of Adult Learning in Coping with Chronic Illness; 2. Curriculum Design in Health Education; 3. Health Literacy Education Within Adult Literacy Instruction; 4. Health Literacy: An Opportunity to Improve Individual, Community, and Global Health; 5. Adult Educators and Cultural Competence Within Health Care Systems: Change at the Individual and Structural Levels; 6. Adult Learning, Community Education, and Public Health: Making the Connection Through Community Health Advisors |
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7. The Role of the Adult Educator in Helping Learners Access and Select Quality Health Information on the Internet8. Globalism and Health; 9. Health Education as an Arena for Adult Educators' Engagement in Social Justice; Index |
| Summary |
This volume addresses the relationship of adult education and health from different perspectives. One task of adulthood is caring for one's health and, for many, caring for the health of children, a partner or spouse, and/or aging parents. Changes in health or the desire for improved health often prompt the need for individuals to learn--and adult education can play a vital role in enabling this learning. Editor Lilian H. Hill, associate professor of adult education at the University of Southern Mississippi, and contributing authors assemble a comprehensive review of the critical issues involve |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Consumer Health Information
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Health education -- United States -- Adult
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Health education -- United States
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Health literacy -- United States -- Adult
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EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
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EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
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Health education
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118152782 |
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1118152786 |
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