"More Universal for Some than Others": Canada's Health Care System and the Role of Adult Education

Autor/inn/en	Quigley, B. Allan; Coady, Maureen; Gregoire, Helene; Folinsbee, Sue; Kraglund-Gauthier, Wendy
Titel	"More Universal for Some than Others": Canada's Health Care System and the Role of Adult Education
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2009) 124, S.49-59 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Adult Educators; Health Services; Health Promotion; Health Education; Role of Education; Community Study; Community Surveys; Change Strategies; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Bildungsauftrag; Lösungsstrategie; Kanada
Abstract	Health and health care in Canada is a story of high ideals, complex policy agreements, moments of raging public controversy, and the creation of a national health system that is the envy of many other nations. Despite its many health care achievements, evidence is mounting that good health is far from being universally accessible to all Canadians. As the authors discuss in this chapter, following a three-year pan-Canadian study on health and learning, it became painfully clear to them that in far too many cases, one's ability and capacity to learn about health can have immediate--even life-and-death--consequences. The authors concluded that good health is not strictly a medical problem and not simply a governmental funding issue. Their conclusion was that good health is, above all, a matter of successful learning. Their study made it clear that adult education can play a key role in enabling people to maintain and improve their health. Yet they found that learning and health is a remarkably underresearched, underrecognized area within the ambit of adult education. Since the area of learning and health not only defies boundaries but is far larger and more complex than any policy, system, or program, the authors hope that these findings will encourage adult educators in Canada and beyond to become more involved in the critical issue of health and learning. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10