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What are the strength and weakness of both formal and less formal health counseling and what are the pros and cons for use of both strategies?

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Formal health counseling has more power and validity because there are requirements for certification or licensure to practice medicine, be a health educator or nurse and therefore the service is more credible and with solid research foundation. Unfortunately, there are often restrictions on a person for seeing the most qualified. Issues like fee schedule, time assessablity, location and transportation may limit a patient from seeking the most qualified advisement.

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Formal health counseling has more power and validity because there are requirements for certification or licensure to practice medicine, be a health educator or nurse and therefore the service is more credible and with solid research foundation. Unfortunately, there are often restrictions on a person for seeing the most qualified. Issues like ...

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