Assessing Health Education Needs in a Prison Setting

• NCJ Number: 97476
• Journal: Journal of Prison and Jail Health Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (Fall/Winter 1984) Pages: 107-116
• Author(s): J M Krzich; R L Levy; J Ellis; D G Olson
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 10 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This paper reports on the use of observational and interview data-collection methods as a way of gathering information to help plan an educational program aimed at improving the prison health care system.

Abstract

While the results are explanatory, they suggest a useful strategy for systematically developing a health education intervention. (Author abstract)