Family Centered Health Promotion
Review of Literature
Ann Linehan
Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion
2/16/2014
Health promotion is developing a guidance system to optimize the health and wellness of an individual, community, or nation. It takes into account and aims to balance the physical, spiritual, social, emotional, and intellectual aspects of the recipient, and assists them in achieving their goals.
“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” (O 'Donnell, 2009). Purpose of Health Promotion …show more content…
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) saw the need to develop an overall strategy that could be used by any organization, regardless of size or location. It is an excellent resource for nurses, managers and all health professionals and encompasses all areas of health promotion. From initial assessment of present promotion to discovering better ways to promote lifestyle changes to creating multidisciplinary teams to develop and deliver new strategies, the ultimate goal is the improvement of the health of the client.
Figure 2 shows how by evolving action from screening and risk assessment through health education to communication and marketing and then to regulation, the different strategies expand the focus from the individual to the entire population. By implementing this approach, nurses and other health care professionals can achieve the ultimate goal of health promotion (World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2006).
This approach implements all areas of nursing, from primary care, to education, to public health, to leadership, policy and …show more content…
It creates the best possible solutions to help a patient return to function. It may include physical therapy, cardiac rehab, diabetic re-education and skills training, weight loss programs and exercise to restore the patient’s health to its optimal level. It is rehabilitative. For example, in Beijing, health care workers had documented that dyslipidemia patients had a 54% greater risk of myocardial infarction. The tertiary care plan they implemented included health promotion programs to eliminate smoking and tobacco use, increase physical exercise, an introduce blood glucose and blood pressure control programs. They created a plan to deal with an existing problem that had verifiable goals (Liu,
Ann Linehan
Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion
2/16/2014
Health promotion is developing a guidance system to optimize the health and wellness of an individual, community, or nation. It takes into account and aims to balance the physical, spiritual, social, emotional, and intellectual aspects of the recipient, and assists them in achieving their goals.
“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” (O 'Donnell, 2009). Purpose of Health Promotion …show more content…
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) saw the need to develop an overall strategy that could be used by any organization, regardless of size or location. It is an excellent resource for nurses, managers and all health professionals and encompasses all areas of health promotion. From initial assessment of present promotion to discovering better ways to promote lifestyle changes to creating multidisciplinary teams to develop and deliver new strategies, the ultimate goal is the improvement of the health of the client.
Figure 2 shows how by evolving action from screening and risk assessment through health education to communication and marketing and then to regulation, the different strategies expand the focus from the individual to the entire population. By implementing this approach, nurses and other health care professionals can achieve the ultimate goal of health promotion (World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2006).
This approach implements all areas of nursing, from primary care, to education, to public health, to leadership, policy and …show more content…
It creates the best possible solutions to help a patient return to function. It may include physical therapy, cardiac rehab, diabetic re-education and skills training, weight loss programs and exercise to restore the patient’s health to its optimal level. It is rehabilitative. For example, in Beijing, health care workers had documented that dyslipidemia patients had a 54% greater risk of myocardial infarction. The tertiary care plan they implemented included health promotion programs to eliminate smoking and tobacco use, increase physical exercise, an introduce blood glucose and blood pressure control programs. They created a plan to deal with an existing problem that had verifiable goals (Liu,