Health Promotion: Giving up Smoking in Pregnancy Introduction The object of this assignment is to critically appraise a health promotion initiative related to midwifery practice. The initiative chosen is a NHS Health Scotland leaflet entitled ’Smoking: giving up during pregnancy: a guide for pregnant women who want to stop smoking’ (NHS Health Scotland 2003). It will be referred to as the ’initiative’ or the ’leaflet’ throughout this assignment. The World Health Organisation (WHO) identified that
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How can a health practitioner facilitate behaviour change in an individual with a health-risk behaviour? Health practitioners play an essential role in facilitating behaviour change in individuals that display health risk behaviours. Health practitioners are exposed to the aftermath of risky health behaviours everyday. Leading a lifestyle full of health risk behaviours is the most common cause of death and disease within most countries. For example‚ smoking is a significant modifiable behaviour
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Meanings of health? Health means different things to different people. For this reason it is very difficult to define health in a way that satisfies everyone. To an elderly person health might mean mobility; for a person with a mental illness health might mean having social contact with peers; for a young person health might equate more to physical activity or body image. People from different backgrounds might impact health as the adherence to different cultural or behavioural values‚ while people
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Health Promotion in Primary‚ Secondary‚ and Tertiary Care Nursing Monica V. Poehner Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion November 10‚ 2013 Health Promotion in Primary‚ Secondary‚ and Tertiary Care Nursing Among the many aspects of nursing care‚ health promotion as become one of the largest and most important. As health and illness has evolved‚ the need for education and prevention has greatly increased. Standing at the forefront in multiple settings
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THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT IN HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION THE CASE OF KIBI UNIT IN THE EAST AKIM DISTRICT BY BOADU FRANCIS A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION‚ UNIIVERSITY OF GHANA‚ IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF GHANA LEGON MAY‚ 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health (World Health Organization‚ n.d.). It encompasses a combination of health education and related organizational‚ political‚ and economic changes aimed at improving health (Hooyman & Kiyak‚ 1999). In addition‚ health promotion focuses on helping individuals‚ families‚ and communities develop the competence and capabilities they require to gain control over day-to-day life events and circumstances
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Charter for Health Promotion? AUTHORS Bernadette Ward RN‚ Midwife‚ Grad Cert Ed‚ MPHandTM‚ MHlth Sci Lecturer‚ Faculty of Health Sciences‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ Australia. B.Ward@latrobe.edu.au Glenda Verrinder RN‚ Midwife‚ Grad Cert Higher Ed‚ Grad Dip Pub and Com Health‚ MHlth Sci Senior Lecturer‚ Faculty of Health Sciences‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ Australia. ABSTRACT Alcohol misuse in Australia society is a community issue that can be addressed successfully within a health promotion
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Suicide is defined by the World Health Organization as the act of deliberately killing oneself. It affects individuals most frequently among those aged 15-44 years. Risk factors include undiagnosed and untreated depression‚ alcohol or substance abuse‚ family history‚ previous suicide attempt. Another major risk factor psychologists have recognised for some time that a person’s occupation shows a significant role. Suicide rates have tended to be remarkably high in professions that provide easy access
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Publishing Discussion paper Health promotion and ill-health prevention: the role of general practice Stephen Peckham BSc MA (Econ) Reader in Health Policy‚ Department of Health Services Research and Policy‚ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine‚ London‚ UK Alison Hann BA(Hons) PhD Lecturer in Public Health and Health Policy‚ School of Health Sciences‚ Swansea University‚ Wales‚ UK Tammy Boyce PhD National Centre for Infection Prevention and Management‚ Imperial College‚
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Continuum of Health Promotion Significant changes are required in health care‚ and the profession of nursing in particular‚ to meet the mandates required by the 2010 passage of healthcare reform laws. Such new options for illness prevention and wellness through health promotion will provide greater opportunities for nurses to work outside the traditional hospital settings. Nurses are best equipped to provide safe‚ quality‚ patient-centered care in an affordable and accessible manner. Appropriate
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