Allen D B, Bergman A B
Pediatrics. 1976 Sep;58(3):323-8.
There has been little critical evaluation of which methods achieve the desired results in health education. Using purchase of proper infant auto restraint devices as an objective, we assessed the effectiveness of three educational approaches. Only 37% of control families had purchased an acceptable car seat, compared to 54% of those who received descriptive literature alone, 71% of those that received literature and had been shown a descriptive film, and 60% of those who were given literature, shown the film, and been provided with a demonstration of the seat. Purchase of car seats was positively correlated with social class and knowledge of auto safety, but not with a history of auto accidents. Utilization of auto restraint devices is an example of how social learning theory can be applied in health education.
对于哪些方法能在健康教育中取得预期效果，几乎没有进行过批判性评估。以购买合适的婴儿汽车安全约束装置为目标，我们评估了三种教育方法的有效性。在对照组家庭中，只有37%购买了可接受的汽车座椅，相比之下，仅收到描述性文献的家庭中有54%购买了，收到文献并观看了描述性影片的家庭中有71%购买了，而收到文献、观看了影片并接受了座椅演示的家庭中有60%购买了。汽车座椅的购买与社会阶层和汽车安全知识呈正相关，但与汽车事故史无关。汽车安全约束装置的使用是社会学习理论可如何应用于健康教育的一个例子。
