Expanding efforts in the areas of research and evaluation ranks among the highest priorities in the field of health education. The absence of practical, feasible approaches to evaluation of operating programs has been a serious barrier to health education planning and availability of funding. One of the six focal points for future action that were identified during the 1995 Atlanta conference on The Health Education Profession in the Twenty-First Century was research. This includes the need to translate research to practice, develop technical assistance programs modeled after extension service, establish training institutes, demonstrate efficacy of health education, and increase funding for research opportunities in health education.

Fostering Research and Evaluation in Health Education