TY  - JOUR
T1  - Motivation in health education: The new york academy of medicine, health education conference, 1947.
Y1  - 1949/01/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1949.02030040144013
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 137
EP  - 137
VL  - 77
IS  - 1
N2  - This small volume is an excellent treatise defining the problem of motivation in health education. For the reader who is looking for a simple formula, there is disappointment.Iago Galdston, M.D., gives a historical background for health education, with sufficient reference to religion and philosophy "to awaken a realization that health education is not a pursuit in 'splendid isolation.' "W. W. Bauer, M.D., describes a more recent picture, with interesting comments on the changing concepts concerning tight corseting, cigaret smoking, venereal disease crusades, graham flour, fear motivation and others, and then turns to the "refinement" and "social éclat" in the modern era of health education. He points to "the rise of the orange from a luxury fruit... to its present status of a must in every diet," not as "an awakened appreciation of the vitamin C and calcium values in the orange" and not from a motivation of fear. He
SN  - 0096-8994
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1949.02030040144013
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1949.02030040144013
ER  -