...Accessing health promotion needs By Name Date of submission Life expectancy has increased over the last 50 years. For example, in the United Kingdom, life expectancy for men was 85 years while 89 for women as at 2010 (Lucas and Lloyd 2005).In the developed countries, the main factor that contributed to increased life expectancy was increased personal hygiene and universal clean water. Moreover, improved medicines in particular antibiotics and development of vaccines have greatly influenced the rise in life expectancy. Are we living healthier lives than our parents did? The answer is no. During our parents’ era, food was grown from gardens and grew by use of natural fertilizers. They did not use pesticides to control pests, herbicides or grow genetically modified foods. In addition, they accessed water from wells and it was not chlorinated like ours. At that time, food lacked additives that characterize food in our times (Valente 2012). Moreover, people were involved in physical activities throughout their lives. This ensured that people did not gain extra weight and remained physically fit. However, with our generation things are slightly different. Our generation thrives on processed foods, fewer physical activities, exposed to hard drugs, unsafe sex and television. These activities have adversely affected our health. Several factors determine the health of an individual and the community as a whole...
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...What is Health Promotion? Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V August 04, 2013 What is Health Promotion? This paper will discuss the meaning of health promotion as defined in the textbook Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span. The author will also cover the purpose of health promotion in nursing practice as well as nursing responsibilities and roles that are evolving in health promotion. Lastly, the author will explain implementation methods for health promotion that encompasses all areas of nursing as well as comparing the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health promotion prevention. Health promotion can be defined in many ways. One definition from the textbook Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span defines it as “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health” as well as “the process of advocating health in order to enhance the probability the personal (individual, family, and community), private (professional and business). And public (federal, state, and local government) support of positive health practices will become a societal norm (Edelman & Mandle, 2010).” If the term health promotion is broken down and defined individually then health is defined as the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit and promotion is defined as the act of furthering the growth or development of something (Merriam Webster, 2013). In the nursing practice the purpose...
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...Levels of Health Promotion in Nursing Practice. Victoria Sanlor Grand Canyon University: NRS 429 April 7, 2013 Levels of Health Promotion in nursing Practice Health promotion in nursing practice is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control and improve awareness of their health (WHO Ottawa Charter 1986) along with optimizing the quality of life. Health promotion can also be describes as behavioral, cognitive, and an emotional endeavor to promote health and the well being of people. Other focuses involved the interaction of strategy based evidence and activities that is used by individuals. Three different levels of health promotion are primary, secondary and tertiary, which are the basis of nursing practice. The purpose of Health promotion in nursing practice is as follows. Health promotion is identified as active participation of individuals and family with health care delivery. Nurses influence those goals by reinforcing the importance of maintaining healthy habits such as yearly exams, follow up appointments, proper diet, and motivation to adopt a healthier life style behavior. Nurses need to also educate and counsel them in the need to take more autonomy of their health. Allowing patients to ask questions and encouraging feedback is important in proper communication between patient and health care providers (WHO Ottawa Charter 1986). Nursing roles and responsibilities are evolving in health promotion in the following manner. The first...
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...Health promotion is of great importance to nursing because it has long been acknowledged in nursing literature as fundamental to health care. A dramatic increase in chronic lifestyle diseases has prompted an emphasis on health promotion (Egger et al, 1990). Health promotion can be defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and to improve their health WHO (1986) cited in (Bright, 1997). However, health promotion is commonly confused with health education and yet health education, is an instrument in health promotion together with health protection and illness prevention. Without knowledge people cannot make healthy choices about their lifestyles therefore health education is very much a part of health promotion (Tannahill, 1985) cited in (Bright, 1997). This assignment is going to be based on a health initiative towards a group of young adult smokers within age range of seventeen and twenty five years. The author has chosen smoking because more young people continue to take up cigarette smoking and yet smoking has been identified as the biggest single cause of preventable ill health and premature deaths in the United Kingdom (DOH, 1999). The paper is going to support the choice of the topic with statistics and what the government is saying. The needs of the young adult smokers are going to be identified and these needs are going to be addressed through interactive lecture approach. It is essential to consider a health promotion model as...
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...Health Promotion 1 Literature Review Bressy Thomas Grand Canyon University Health Promotion 2 Health promotion involves motivation and improvement in someone’s health and identifies their potential health problems. From the literature reviews, Health promotion defined in different ways. Literature, Worldviews on Evidence-base nursing, explains health promotion as, Etiologically –driven socio-political-economic determinants of health are addressed. This serves to counter social inaction and social division/inequality. It is an inherently political process…that leads to community coalitions through shared radical consciousness. Health promotion looks to develop and reform social structures…between representative stakeholders in different sectors and agencies. (Whitehead 2004b) Looking after community, looking after their lifestyles and advising them really on their needs and how...
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...Unit 8: Promoting Health and Well-being You must create a health promotion campaign from one of the following sectors: * Health * Early years (Care and education) * Care of older people * Individuals with specific needs Your target group must be one of the following client groups: * people who are ill * young children * older people * people with specific needs Your report must include evidence from the following: * knowledge and understanding of the topic addressed by your promotion, and a considered and appropriate choice of target group * the planning of your promotion including: aims and objectives, the health promotion model(s)/approach (es) chosen, and the methods used to measure the success of the promotion * implementation of your health promotion, the use and development of appropriate media and materials, and an analysis of the success of your health promotion * D* the evaluation outcomes of your health promotion. When you carry out interviews or activities with clients as part of your internally assessed work it is essential that you obtain the client’s consent and maintain full confidentiality throughout. Opportunity for learners to be assessed on Quality of Written Communication (QWC) — (i-iii). Mark Scheme: This is the mark scheme taken from mark band C (highest mark band). Use this as a guideline. The learner demonstrates excellent skills in obtaining information from at least three sources...
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...Health promotion is an essential health care issue that should be implemented by all members of the health care team (Hosseini, Torab, Taghdisi, & Vardanjani, 2013). Nurses play a critical role in health promotion for patients, family, and community because we provide direct patient care and are able to see the whole picture of the client’s situation. The population of people with chronic illness is increasing and the health care needs of clients is trending in an upward fashion (Jadelhack, 2012). As members of the health care field, it is critical that nurses take a proactive approach in preventing the increasing trend of chronic, complex illnesses by promoting health for our patients, family, and the community. There are three levels of health promotion that nurses can focus on including primary, secondary, and tertiary which will improve the health care system and the health of our society (Godwin, 2010). Implementing health promotion process gives people the opportunity to take control over actions and gives them the tools to improve lifestyle behaviors in order to optimize health (Jadelhack, 2012). The framework for health promotion is comprised of theories that include behavior, social sciences, and evidence based research (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). Health promotion includes proactive participation at all levels of society and requires a multi-faceted approach by health care team members (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). By providing effective health promotion...
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...Health Promotion Literature Review Rebecca Turner Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V October 28, 2012 Health Promotion Literature Review Health promotion is a well-known term in nursing, with authors arguing that health promotion is central to the philosophy of nursing (Irvine, 2007). After studying three selected articles regarding the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health promotion, a similar theme referring to the role of the nurse to develop a more holistic understanding of health promotion in all stages of life and refreshing the concept of health promotion in order to advocate for the changing world’s environment, was apparent. Traditional health promotion preventions are defined by preventing disease, restoring health, and containing illness (Irvine, 2007). Today, health promotion is defined not just by focusing on health education, lifestyle and behavioral changes, but has undertaken a new paradigm, empowering clients by taking political and social action to promote health enhancing environments (Irvine, 2007). Nurse practice involves all stages of the lifespan in a variety of settings, ranging from the family home to communities (Whitehead, 2011). In these settings, nurse health promotion practice proposes developing personal skills, building healthy public policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action and reorienting health services (Roden & Jarvis, 2012). Nurse roles and responsibilities are evolving by...
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...Health Promotion in Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V November 16, 2013 Health Promotion in Nursing Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2005) in 2005 as, “ The process of enabling people to increase control over their health an its determinates, and thereby improve their health.” A discipline method that depends on education and avenues to help change environments and behaviors in forms that are helpful to the individuals health. The purposes of health promotion in nursing is to educate society around us by promoting ways of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and prevention of diseases and illnesses for optimal health and the well being of the individual. We will accomplish this by providing the proper information that will allow the individual to make the correct health choices need for prevention and improvement of their health. The goal of health promotion is to promote a clear understanding of health and wellness, and not just the absence of the disease. In addition, health promotion by nurses can lead to many positive health outcomes including adherence, quality of life, patients’ knowledge of their illness and self-management (Bosch-Capblancet, 2009). With many changes in the health care, especially in the nursing profession, health promotion has become a vital factor for health care professionals around the world. The roles and responsibilities of the nurse have evolved in health promotion due to its diverse settings...
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...Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION Health Promotion in Nursing According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health promotion “enables people to improve control over the determinants of health and as a result to improve their own health, and able to make healthy choice” (Denise and Suzanne, p. 87). Historically, health promotion deal with protecting society from contagious disease, such as to providing safe water and reduce environments hazards, and treat of preventable disease rather than preventing them. Conversely, the contemporary health promotion is aimed to increase the society’s awareness of healthy prevention, improve their quality of life and reduce health care budget. Health promotion range from smoking cessation to diagnostic and screening test, injury prevention, and chronic diseases management. There are three levels of prevention can be applied to health promotion, which are primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary prevention is cheapest method to prevent disease or injury by increase the health awareness of individuals, families and society, an example of primary prevention is smoking cessation. Secondary prevention is to take diagnostic testing or screening in order to treat disease at the early stage if needed, such as diabetes, Pap smear test, mammogram screening and colonoscopy. Tertiary prevention actually is to treat disease has already been detected and prevent recurrence of condition. This paper will discuss the purpose of health promotion, and the role...
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...Health Promotion in Nursing According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health promotion “enables people to improve control over the determinants of health and as a result to improve their own health, and able to make healthy choice” (Denise and Suzanne, p. 87). Historically, health promotion deal with protecting society from contagious disease, such as to providing safe water and reduce environments hazards, and treat of preventable disease rather than preventing them. Conversely, the contemporary health promotion is aimed to increase the society’s awareness of healthy prevention, improve their quality of life and reduce health care budget. Health promotion range from smoking cessation to diagnostic and screening test, injury prevention, and chronic diseases management. There are three levels of prevention can be applied to health promotion, which are primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary prevention is cheapest method to prevent disease or injury by increase the health awareness of individuals, families and society, an example of primary prevention is smoking cessation. Secondary prevention is to take diagnostic testing or screening in order to treat disease at the early stage if needed, such as diabetes, Pap smear test, mammogram screening and colonoscopy. Tertiary prevention actually is to treat disease has already been detected and prevent recurrence of condition. This paper will discuss the purpose of health promotion, and the role of nursing in health promotion...
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...head: HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING PRACTICE Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V April Herrera April 14, 2012 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice To evaluate health promotion, people need to know what health promotion truly is. Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization as, “the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health.”(The Bangkok Charter for health promotion in a globalized world, 2005) Health promotion is educating the community about healthy choices that they can understand and utilize. Examples of this would be to have community programs that are free, which the community could attend to learn healthy cooking and eating habits. Communities have great opportunity to promote healthy lifestyles, by starting in the school system. This allows for good healthy habits to be established early in life, which is a proactive approach to avoiding lifelong illnesses that are directly linked to unhealthy choices. School nurses have the ability to make a difference in communities with their practice, more than any other nurse in our field. They make contact not only with children but their families as well. The school nurse’s focus is to impact the youth of their community and nurture healthier adult communities in the future. The school nurse must promote health by ensuring, health related...
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...Health promotion in Nursing Care Grand Canyon University NRS 429v April 29th 2012 Health promotion in Nursing Care Health is a condition of a sound mind, body and spirit. It is a state of physical, emotional and social well being, not just absence of disease (April 26th 2012). In this paper, the subject of health promotion will be defined , the purpose of health promotion, the nurses role in the responsibility and implementation of health promotion, and the 3 levels of preventive care which include, primary, secondary and tertiary. Health is not just without disease, but is the prevention, intervention and rehabilitation to live a quality life. Health promotion is a process of enabling people to have more control over their health by changing their life style to move toward optimal health (Edelman, Mandle, 2010). It not only focuses on the person as an individual and their behaviors, but also on the persons social and environmental determinates. Promotion of health is educating people so that they can change their lifestyle in order to have and maintain optimal health. It also includes enhancement of the person’s private and public support, of health practices. Heath promotion is not only about prevention of disease, but being proactive with being healthy (Edelman, Mandle, 2010). The nursing profession has a large role...
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...Running head: A LOOK INTO HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION A Look into Health Promotion and Prevention Jody Seddon Family Centered Health Promotion February 12, 2012 A Look into Health Promotion and Prevention Health promotion definitions have varied among the years. Since 1986 the American Journal of Health Promotions gave the definition, which is the most well-known, “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyles to move forward a state of optimal health.” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010, ¶ 2) Since then it has become more about one’s own responsibility to take the initiative to live healthier and to obtain the education that one needs to assure they know how to do so. The goal is to prevent a disease from occurring or to lessen the disease and preventing further complications of the disease. “Health is concerned with the state of a person as a whole, including physical, mental and social wellbeing.” (“Promoting health in primary care“, 2010, p. 59) Nurses are imperative into assuring this can and will take place. In order for one to take the responsibility to lead healthier lives we must provide opportunities for education. Most unhealthy people are unaware of how to take care of themselves or how to obtain the information to assist them with the changes that they need. With the changes in healthcare today we must ensure the patients and their families are knowledgeable on their disease and disease processes and ways of prevention so they can take part...
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...World Health Organization, “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health” (2014). It is no surprise that a large cause of death in the United States is often a combination of genetic and environmental factors, as well as lifestyle choices (Chiverton, Votava,& Tortoretti, 2003). Health promotion has always been apart of the nursing profession, but the push toward health promotion is larger now than ever before. In regards to health promotion, this essay will examine the purpose of health promotion in nursing, the evolving roles nurses will take on and how nurses can effectively implement teaching of health promotion in patients. Purpose of Health Promotion In light of the new health care reforms, preventative care is becoming the new gold standard of health care. Community-based care has much more emphasis than it ever has in the past. As patient acuity continues to rise, the need for better community-based care and health prevention education has never been clearer. Promotion of wellness is one of the main curriculum taught in nursing education and is also built into the job description of the nursing profession. Nurses are able to have more interactions with patients than any other health care discipline, which helps provide the opportunity of forming a trusting relationship with the individual. Creating this type of relationship gives nurses the opportunity to teach patients important health promotion strategies...
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