Health Education and Prevention Pizon, Frank 2019 John Wiley & Sons

We will not mince our words: the terms “education” and “health” do not go hand in hand so easily. Their proximity deserves to be constantly questioned. We owe it to ourselves to always seek to identify what does or does not allow these terms to resonate. Associating the terms “education” and “health” highlights the irrevocable tension between giving way to the person who has the capacity to make decisions, and the temptation to educate “for” a health whose characterization is itself debated in the social sphere.

What can we do? How can we avoid seeking freely given and behaviorist submission? How can we ensure that the subject retains this decision-making position, taking into account their life environment and their own uniqueness? How should we react to the recurring challenges in public health that question the role of the subject in terms of much larger societal problems? These questions are sources of doubt, and doubt contributes to removing what is taken for granted.

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