Can we build on, or must we replace, the theories and models in health education?*

Journal Article Can we build on, or must we replace, the theories and models in health education?* Get access Lawrence W. Green, Lawrence W. Green *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Main author for correspondence: L.W.Green, Director, Institute of Health Promotion Research, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia, 6248 Biological Sciences Road, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Karen Glanz, Karen Glanz *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Godfrey M. Hochbaum, Godfrey M. Hochbaum *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Gerjo Kok, Gerjo Kok *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Marshall W. Kreuter, Marshall W. Kreuter *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Frances Marcus Lewis, Frances Marcus Lewis *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Kate Lorig, Kate Lorig *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Donald Morisky, Donald Morisky *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Barbara K. Rimer, Barbara K. Rimer *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Irwin M. Rosenstock Irwin M. Rosenstock *This 'Point of view' is largely in response to the first half of the Editorial appearing in vol. 8, no. 3 of this journal, which was signed by McLeroy and five other members of the Editorial Board. The first half previously appeared in a column in the American Public Health Association's Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Newsletter (Summer, 1993) under McLeroy's name alone, and his personalized 'me' remained in the republished version (p. 305), so we assume we are responding mainly to Dr McLeroy, not the other editors. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Health Education Research, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 1994, Pages 397–404, https://doi.org/10.1093/her/9.3.397 Published: 01 September 1994 Article history Received: 01 May 1994 Accepted: 01 June 1994 Published: 01 September 1994