Health Education and Marketing Processes: 2 Related Methods for Achieving Health Behavior Change
Method : Through a discussion of the analogous nature of both processes and a review of the literature, the authors (1) illustrate why marketing principles should be embraced and (2) suggest how marketing strategies can be integrated into health education needs assessments.
Results : Core health-marketing concepts are proposed along with 4 recommendations for future marketing activities in health education.
Conclusion : To facilitate an advance in health education process and practice, scholars and practitioners should adopt a more consumer-centered, marketing mind-set.
Keywords: health education; health marketing; social marketing
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1 Candidate/Graduate Research Assistant, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Health Education, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
Publication date: 01 September 2008
The American Journal of Health Behavior seeks to improve the quality of life through multidisciplinary health efforts in fostering a better understanding of the multidimensional nature of both individuals and social systems as they relate to health behaviors.
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