Gonzalez J L, Garza V, Waldrop R H, Bruhn J G
Health Values. 1986 Sep-Oct;10(5):27-34.
The Laredo-Webb County Health Department began planning a health promotion program for the prevention of chronic diseases during the late 1970s. After receiving a 4-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Department initiated the program in 1983 by conducting an epidemiologic survey in Laredo, Texas, to determine the major risk factors for chronic disease. A comprehensive health education program was then initiated to reduce the prevalence of these factors in targeted low-income neighborhoods. Health information was disseminated among the population in small neighborhood groups using a variety of techniques to promote favorable changes in health behavior. An evaluation of the program in one neighborhood 1 year later showed an overall reduction in health risk practices of approximately 10%.
拉雷多-韦伯县卫生局在20世纪70年代末开始规划一项预防慢性病的健康促进项目。在获得W.K. 凯洛格基金会提供的为期四年的资助后，该局于1983年启动了该项目，在得克萨斯州拉雷多进行了一项流行病学调查，以确定慢性病的主要风险因素。随后启动了一项全面的健康教育项目，以降低目标低收入社区中这些因素的流行率。通过使用各种技术，在小型社区群体中向居民传播健康信息，以促进健康行为的积极改变。一年后对其中一个社区的项目评估显示，健康风险行为总体减少了约10%。
