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9780415815956 0415815959 Health Education: Critical perspectives provides a socio-cultural and critical approach to health education and discusses whether some forms of health education do more harm than good, overly distorting perceptions of good health. The book considers healthism in education, both at a political level and with regard to school practice, exploring which kinds of health education are useful. Divided into three sections: the politics of health, inventing health issues and shifting educational practices, international contributors and experts in the field seek to address the following areas: * how politics frame health messages * current health issues and how are these socially constructed * the role of health education * health 'problems' educators should be concerned about * education as a site of resistance to health fascism and body fascism. Each chapter argues that the current approach to health - promoting both a fear of ill health and individual responsibility - is a form of health fascism, causing the body and the self to be treated separately, and this harmful approach needs to be remedied. The book will be of key interest to academics and researchers exploring the political context of health education.
9780415815956 0415815959 Health Education: Critical perspectives provides a socio-cultural and critical approach to health education and discusses whether some forms of health education do more harm than good, overly distorting perceptions of good health. The book considers healthism in education, both at a political level and with regard to school practice, exploring which kinds of health education are useful. Divided into three sections: the politics of health, inventing health issues and shifting educational practices, international contributors and experts in the field seek to address the following areas: * how politics frame health messages * current health issues and how are these socially constructed * the role of health education * health 'problems' educators should be concerned about * education as a site of resistance to health fascism and body fascism. Each chapter argues that the current approach to health - promoting both a fear of ill health and individual responsibility - is a form of health fascism, causing the body and the self to be treated separately, and this harmful approach needs to be remedied. The book will be of key interest to academics and researchers exploring the political context of health education.