Health Promotion Research Paper
Role of health promoters:
According to Tannahill (Naidoo and Willis, 2000) there are three different types of health promotion that all overlap:
• Health education – this type of health promotion includes things like carrying out campaigns and official/formal health education programmes. It also includes advice, education, and information to people that is given by health practitioners (e.g. doctors, midwives, school nurses, health visitors, etc.). Health education is about giving people information to make them more informed about choices they take regurarding their health.
• Prevention – this type of health promotion includes things like preventative medical services or procedures. (e.g. screening, immunisations)
• Health protection -
Midwives …show more content…
Midwives are specially trained to care for mothers and babies throughout pregnancy, labour and after the birth. They provide care for most women at home or in hospital. They are able to work in both hospitals and in the community (home visits) and the same midwife can provide the antenatal care and be present at the birth. The midwife will look after the mother during the labour process and if there are no complications, they will deliver the baby.
Midwives should treat all women and their partners with respect, irrespective of class, creed, economic status, race, sexuality or age, seeing them as individuals and editing their care appropriately according to ones needs.
Roles and responsibilities of a Midwife:
Midwives have different roles and responsibilities that come with their job. The
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) states that “A practising midwife is responsible for providing midwifery care in accordance with such standards as the Council may specify from time to time to a woman and baby during the antenatal, intranatal and postnatal periods,”.
General responsibilities of a midwife:
• to provide advice for mothers on subjects like family …show more content…
A skill is something you can learn and perform or do and it is also something you can teach. A quality is more personal characteristics. (E.g. if you are trustworthy). This is something you cannot learn but can develop over time or inherit. Any role that involves care for another person will require kindness, intuition and empathy, as well as a certain degree of objectivity. It is this objectivity that enables a midwife to act as an advocate for women, while also being flexible and adaptable to each woman’s individual circumstances and
According to Tannahill (Naidoo and Willis, 2000) there are three different types of health promotion that all overlap:
• Health education – this type of health promotion includes things like carrying out campaigns and official/formal health education programmes. It also includes advice, education, and information to people that is given by health practitioners (e.g. doctors, midwives, school nurses, health visitors, etc.). Health education is about giving people information to make them more informed about choices they take regurarding their health.
• Prevention – this type of health promotion includes things like preventative medical services or procedures. (e.g. screening, immunisations)
• Health protection -
Midwives …show more content…
Midwives are specially trained to care for mothers and babies throughout pregnancy, labour and after the birth. They provide care for most women at home or in hospital. They are able to work in both hospitals and in the community (home visits) and the same midwife can provide the antenatal care and be present at the birth. The midwife will look after the mother during the labour process and if there are no complications, they will deliver the baby.
Midwives should treat all women and their partners with respect, irrespective of class, creed, economic status, race, sexuality or age, seeing them as individuals and editing their care appropriately according to ones needs.
Roles and responsibilities of a Midwife:
Midwives have different roles and responsibilities that come with their job. The
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) states that “A practising midwife is responsible for providing midwifery care in accordance with such standards as the Council may specify from time to time to a woman and baby during the antenatal, intranatal and postnatal periods,”.
General responsibilities of a midwife:
• to provide advice for mothers on subjects like family …show more content…
A skill is something you can learn and perform or do and it is also something you can teach. A quality is more personal characteristics. (E.g. if you are trustworthy). This is something you cannot learn but can develop over time or inherit. Any role that involves care for another person will require kindness, intuition and empathy, as well as a certain degree of objectivity. It is this objectivity that enables a midwife to act as an advocate for women, while also being flexible and adaptable to each woman’s individual circumstances and