Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore attitudes, beliefs, and values related to the ecological approach among health education and health promotion workers. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. The sam ple consisted of 157 health education/promotion workers involved in Canadian regional public health organisations. The response rate was 79 per cent. Respondents tended to know the ecological approach, perceived it as effective, and acknowledged a need for interventions aimed at modifying people's environment. However, many respondents perceived that they had insufficient competencies to operationalise the ecological approach. A sizeable proportion of respondents seemed to hold values inconsistent with the ecological approach. Compared to doctors/dentists, nurses expressed a higher satisfaction with interventions targeting individuals. In general, respondents' cognitive profile was favourable to the ecological approach. It is hypothesised that the particular patterns of response obtained for some scales might be related to the respondents' previous training.
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