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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

SEPTIEMBRE 2008 N° 7 Volumen 11

Health Education, learning and change

Section: Method

How to quote

Fernández Castillo R, Fernández Gallegos R. Educación para la Salud, aprendizaje y cambio. Metas de Enferm sep 2008; 11(7): 58-61

Authors

1Rafael Fernández Castillo, 2Ruth Fernández Gallegos

Position

1Enfermero. Licenciado en Antropología, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves de Granada.2Enfermera. Hospital Virgen de las Nieves de Granada.

Contact address

Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves (Servicio de Hemodiálisis). Avda. de las Fuerzas Armadas, 2. 18014 Granada.

Contact email: rafafc@telefonica.net

Abstract


One of the most relevant nursing interventions is User Health Education. It is however pointless to design good health programs if they do not reach the end-users, if these cannot understand them, share them or comply with them. This article reviews factors involved in behaviour modification that affect nursing professionals (educators) and patients (education end-users), highlighting the importance of considering variables such as culture, environment, need for change, trainer attitude, etc, in the educational process.
Using the concept of behaviour defined as “activity of the living organism in functional relation with its environment” as a starting point, a methodology is proposed to approach the educational process taking into account the previous aspects of the environment, the individual’s activity and the effects of environment on behaviour. The renal patient receiving haemodialysis treatment is used as an example.

Keywords:

health education; learning; behaviour; nursing interventionsmethodology

Versión en Español

Título:

Educación para la Salud, aprendizaje y cambio