Holistic approach to health education on AIDS

Objective To identify a method for health education using the example of an educational seminar on AIDS prevention and control at Hebei Medical Univer sity in China, 1994. Methods Our goal is the theoretical formulation of a unified community appr oach for problem solving through the combination of the self regulative app roach and the case analytical approach. " Quality improvement ", "essential quality" and human ecosystems" provide the basic ideas for better understa nding the integration of culture, science and technology within the "cultur al norm". Results The present seminar was successfully organized for Chinese medical students based on the theme of "living with AIDS". Through this program, we identified that self regulative and case analytical approach were major is sues for holistic approach to health education. We also identified that a c ommunity approach provides the scientific basis for health education in the community. Conclusions The present paper generates a healthcare paradigm for surveilla nce in health/medical education. Through a better understanding of communit y approach, we related "community care" ( emphasizing self, mutual, profess ional and institutional care) to the "practical norm"; and "preventive epid emiology" (emphasizing the unification of quality and quantity, as well as systems and population) to the "research norm".