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- Title
Entrepreneurship in Health Education and Health Promotion: Five Cardinal Rules.
- Authors
Eddy, James M.; Stellefson, Michael L.
- Abstract
The nature of health education and health promotion (HE/HP) offers a fertile ground for entrepreneurial activity. As primary prevention of chronic diseases becomes a more central component of the health and/ or medical care continuum, entrepreneurial opportunities for health educators will continue to expand. The process used to design, implement, and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention has clear articulation with entrepreneurial, marketing management, and other business processes. Thus, entrepreneurs in HE/HP must be able to utilize business process to facilitate creative, new HE/HP business ideas. The purpose of this article is to weave theory and practical application into a primer on entrepreneurial applications in HE/HP. More specifically, the authors meld their prospective experiences and expertise to provide background thoughts on entrepreneurship in HE/HP and develop a framework for establishing an entrepreneurial venture in HE/HP. Five Cardinal Rules for Entrepreneurs in HE/HP are proposed.
- Subjects
ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HEALTH education; HEALTH promotion; CHRONIC diseases; MEDICAL care; MARKETING management
- Publication
Health Promotion Practice, 2009, Vol 10, Issue 3, p333
- ISSN
1524-8399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1524839907300805