...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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...Running: A Literature Review of Health Promotion A Literature Review of Health Promotion Lilian .N. Abagwe Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS 429 October 16, 2011 Abstract Historically, the United States has been sickness oriented. But in the last twenty years, a new model has surfaced. The new model lays emphasis on wellness rather than sickness. As a result in this change in focus, health promotion is now a fundamental part of nursing profession. This article will review recent literature from three professional sources relative to nursing profession and health promotion. This paper will examine; (a) Definition of health promotion. (b) Purpose of health promotion in nursing practice. (c) Evolving nursing roles and responsibilities in health promotion. (d) Explain the implementation methods for health promotion. (e) Compare the three levels of health promotion prevention. Health promotion is defined as “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health.” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The purpose of health promotion in nursing practice is to enable people make healthy choices. According Smeltzer & Bare (2006), the...
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...Running head: REVIEW OF LITERATURE REVIEW OF LITERATURE NITHIN MATHEW Review of literature According to World Health Organization (WHO), (2004) defined health as ‘ the complete physical , mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity’. Health promotion has an important role to keep people in good health and prevent and treat community and rehabilitate from the diseases. It needs good knowledge about the health risks and reduces the risks in the societies. Definition The World Health Organization defined health promotion as the process which enables people to improve control over the determinants of health and as a result to improve their own health( WHO; 2007). Health promotion encompasses strategies that allow population to be healthy and enable them to make healthy choices. There are two types of strategies, individual and passive or active strategy. Purpose of health promotion Health promotion is cost- effective. The health promotion services are high in demand due to many preventable health problems such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases. Health education helps the individual, community and group to advance their health, knowledge and attitude. Educating people about health promotion, physical activity, vaccination, safe driving, smoking and other growing health concerns...
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...Review of Literature Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V September 8, 2013 Review of Literature Health Promotion is the concern with physical, social, and mental wellbeing that strives to help people take control over the matters that influence their life. In addition, to enable people to increase control of their health, improve their health, and optimize their quality of life. The concept of health promotion was developed to emphasize the community-based practice of health promotion, community participant and health promotion practice. Health promotion can be encompassed with any disease either acute or chronic. When underlining the definition health promotion in relationship to hypertension it is defined as “effect of anti-hypertensive patient-oriented education and in-home monitoring for medication adherence and management of hypertension, by providing education of healthy lifestyle behaviors and medication adherence”(Hacihasanoglu & Gozum, 2011, p. 692). This means to change the behaviors to one’s lifestyle along with medication compliance an individual can achieve control of and a better well-being while living with hypertension. Nurses’ purpose to health promotion is to assist in education, promotion, planning, implementation, and goal setting to patient, groups, and communities. We are the largest group of health professional, we have the potential to contribute substantially in the area of health promotion. The nurses’...
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...Review of Literature In today’s society, health promotion has become a fundamental part of nursing care. As nursing has evolved, so has the need to educate the public. Today’s literature gives many examples of health promotion and its importance. In this paper the purpose of health promotion, the roles and responsibilities of nurses in health promotion, and implementation methods will be reviewed while discussing the three levels of health promotion: primary, secondary and tertiary. Health promotion is defined in many ways. By today’s standards, it is a process by which individuals are encouraged to take action in order to enable a healthy and productive lifestyle. Partnership and participation are key factors which empower individuals and communities to take control of their health. This allows for a sense of accountability for their actions which leads to a greater fulfillment with successful outcomes. The purpose of health promotion in nursing is vital because nurses have a responsibility to society. Nurses need not only care for individuals while ill, but also to educate and empower those individuals to improve their health prior to illness itself. Nurses have always begun educating patients on their needs upon admission with an illness and this education was individually tailored and specific to their illness. However, the purpose of health promotion in nursing is not to simply help the ill recover, but to prevent illness from occurring, and educate those with illness...
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...Running head: Health Promotion Health Promotion Sandra Hendrickson Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS 429V Nichelle Bogan October 11, 2009 Competencies of ASN Versus BSN Introduction: Health Promotion is defined in the in the American Journal of Health Promotion (AJHP) as the art and science that helps people discover their core passions and optimal health. Supporting them in their lifestyle changes that move them toward a state of optimal health. The optimal health being the balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. (AJHP Sept/Oct 2009) Purpose: The purpose of health promotion in nursing is increase the knowledge of not only our patients but of the general public in prevention of diseases and increase in awareness of optimal health. The emergence of the computer age allows for more access to knowledge. The resources are endless. It is the job of the nurse to be as much up-to-date as possible. The General Theory implies that health nursing General Systems Theory supports community health nursing practices and primary prevention interventions. "General Systems Theory states that a change in any one part of the health care system, no matter how small, will create a change of some degree in the total system. This theory also stresses the importance of reciprocal feedback within the system and outside the system" (Harris, 2007, para. 5). This is similar concept to the movie “Pay it Forward. “ We...
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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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...Running head: REVIEW OF LITERATURE Review of Literature Shauna Robbins-Bagby Grand Canyon University NRS 429V August 27, 2012 Review of Literature Health promotion involves the whole person who includes person, family, community, and population. “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.” (World Health Organization [WHO], 2012) Health involves physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning. Promotion involves encouraging, teaching, and educating patients, families, and communities in order for them to make healthier lifestyle choices thus improving their quality of life and increasing their lifespan. Health promotion in nursing practice is extremely important with nursing roles and responsibilities evolving to accommodate the ever changing diversity of today’s population and also with the promotion of preventive care as opposed to acute care. Health promotion encompasses preventive care and contains three levels of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary. It is the role and responsibility of the nurse to promote health to the patient. In order for this to occur, the nurse must talk with the patient and family and develop a trusting relationship with them. The nurse must find out what language they prefer to use when learning new things. The nurse must also explore...
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...Review of Literature Nancy D. Guerrero Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion March 31, 2013 Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2005 as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health.” Health Promotion is focused on bringing awareness to the public in order to prevent an increase in disease. Health promotion can also give the individual the tools and teaching needed to live a healthier life style, therefore optimizing their level of health and decrease the incidence of disease. Health promotion is essential in the community, in schools and in the workplace. It brings very important information to the public, and sometimes lifesaving .interventions to certain individual. There are also other benefits to health promotion such as reducing health care costs. Individuals who choose healthier alternatives lower their chances of disease, which in turn can lower their health care costs. This is also beneficial in the work place, where employers can lower costs of health insurance. The purpose of health promotion in nursing practice is to not only providing patient teaching on their particular disease process, but to also be that frontline educator on preventive health practices to remain healthy. It is also important that health promotion be given at the bedside. As Nurses we are not just a care giver to our patients, we also play the...
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...Expanding Role of Nursing in Health Promotion Robert W Lewis Grand Canyon University NRS-429V February 7, 2013 Nursing in the 21st century is being redefined. The population of the United States is increasingly diverse, with many cultural and religious influences on the health of the population. Legislative initiatives like the affordable health care act (AHC) will require a shift from the wellness-illness model to a practice focused on health promotion. When discussing a definition of health promotion published literature over the last 30 years has expanded and refined this role. One definition that is comprehensive is: Health Promotion is the art and science of helping people discover the synergies between their core passions and optimal health, enhancing their motivation to strive for optimal health, and supporting them in changing their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health. Optimal health is a dynamic balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of learning experiences that enhance awareness, increase motivation, and build skills and, most important, through the creation of opportunities that open access to environments that make positive health practices the easiest choice. (O'Donnell, 2009) O’Donnell’s definition is broad and encompasses all of the areas of health promotion as it would be related to nursing practice. Health promotion might be viewed more clearly...
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...Health Promotion Review of Literature Introduction Optimum health is an important resource for personal, social and economic development. The goal of achieving optimum health for all is only imaginable by the joint effort of not only the health sector but also government and non-governmental organizations, media and for the most part individuals and the community. Health promotion emphases on accomplishing parity in health and its deed targets at dropping variances in present-day health status and safeguarding equal opportunities and resources to empower all individuals to attain their fullest wellbeing. The focus of health promotion has flourished from disease prevention to promoting wellness and improving living standards. According to World Health Organization “health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions”. The chief objective is to increase health awareness among individuals, families and community through providing of information and health education thereby making them responsible for their own health, the health of others in the community and be responsible conserving the natural environment around them. Nurses are involved in promoting health whether in a hospital or in the community. They play an active part in all phases of care, to inspire and aid an increasing state of wellbeing...
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...Running head: RIVIEW OF LITERATURE REVIEW OF LITERATURE SOON TAYLOR GCU: NRS 429 JUNE 8, 2012 PROF. MELANIE ESCOBAR REVIEW OF LITERATURE Introduction We are facing the revolutionary era of shifting health concept and promoting health behavior through multi-influencing factors includes technological advancement and media. More people are aware of the benefits of physical fitness, good nutrition, stress management, and avoidance of health hazards such as smoking and are striving for the optimal health while this world becomes more inter-connected and inevitably each individual is influenced by health-environments of all individuals worldwide (Edelman, 2010). Definition of Health Promotion Americans are acutely aware of the importance of health promotion achieved by positive health behavior and attempt to improve the health status traditionally focused on reducing disease such as communicable disease. The change is affecting all levels; individuals, groups, community, institutions and government. Our challenge lies to improve access to the care and reduce cost of health services and to improve the quality of life to maintain optimum state of healthy life style for everyone which signifies for the new definition of health promotion. Purpose of Health Promotion The purpose of health promotion is to positively influence the health behavior of individuals and communities to increase the span of healthy life for Americans, reduce health disparities among Americans, achieve...
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...Review of Literature Brittany M. Warnke Grand Canyon University: NRS- 429V May 12, 2014 Review of Literature According to the 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...
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...Review Of Literature Christine Clerizier Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Pat King April 15, 2012 To compare and contrast my search in the library database, I observe there was plenty to learn when it comes to healthcare and health promotion in the three journal articles I have read. The articles stress the evolution of health promotion from primary, secondary and tertiary level of care in the healthcare field. Before this evolution, we were just treating the individual as they become sick; but with the health promotion in the horizon, the individual is being treated as a whole, mentally, socially, culturally, psychologically and most of all, the environment. Since health promotion put the power in the healthcare system to educate, prevent and treat, let us review the different level of the health promotion of coronary artery patient as discuss in these articles. The article chosen cover the impact of prevention research on coronary heart disease. Let us look at the objective that talk about framework and allows the potential of the results and effectiveness of health promotion and prevention. Health promotion is the provision of information and/or education to individuals, families, and communities that encourage family unity. Community commitment, and traditional spirituality, that make positive contribution to their health status. Health promotion is also the promotion of health, ideas and concepts to motivate individuals to adopt health...
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...Promoting health is significant in nursing practice. Nurses must be able to work alongside not only patients, but communities, families, and other healthcare professionals to promote a healthy lifestyle and high quality life for all of those involved. This literature review will describe health promotion, its meaning for nurses, and describe the health promotion levels. Definition of Health Promotion The W.H.O. describes health promotion as “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.” (WHO,2014). Health promotion is described by Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle as “The science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health. The process of advocating health to enhance the probability that person (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, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014, Glossary). Health Promotion Purpose The health promotion intent vastly does beyond giving information for a healthier lifestyle. Health promotion focuses on proactive decision-making for all, with specifics to meet the needs of all backgrounds. Nurses work alongside other healthcare team members to meet patients’ needs. It is essential to incorporate patient...
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