Toward a socioethical approach to behavior change.

Abstract:

:Infection control professionals have traditionally relied on didacticism to promote behavior change among health care workers, but this approach yields disappointing results in a postmodern era of social fragmentation and intellectual ambiguity. We define a socioethical approach to behavior change and propose its implementation in 4 movements: from individualism to community, from rationality to rhetoric, from productivity to praxis, and from monologue to dialogue.

journal_name

Am J Infect Control

authors

Mah MW,Meyers G

doi

10.1016/j.ajic.2005.09.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-03-01 00:00:00

pages

73-9

issue

2

eissn

0196-6553

issn

1527-3296

pii

S0196-6553(05)00807-2

journal_volume

34

pub_type

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