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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and in preventing illness in proper hand washing techniques. Health promotion is the practice of allowing individuals to increase their own control over‚ and to improve their health. The purpose of health promotion is to monitor and evaluate
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Health Promotion Plan for African American Adults at Risk for Coronary Heart Disease Community Nursing: NUR 3634 Abstract Coronary heart disease affects a disproportionate amount of African Americans (CDC‚ 2010a)‚ yet there are modifiable risk factors that can reduce the risk of this disease. These modifiable risk factors include high blood pressure and high cholesterol. This health promotion plan involves a community-based strategy that targets African Americans by offering primary and
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Explain three different approaches to health education. (P1) In this assignment I am going to explain three different approaches to health education‚ whilst doing so I will explain which is most likely to be successful. Health education is an aspect of health promotion which relates to educating people about good health and how to develop and support it. The role of mass media The first approach I am going to explain is Mass media. Mass media is communication; it is the media that is intended for
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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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prevention measures include activities that help avoid a given health care problem. Examples include passive and active immunization against disease as well as health protecting education and counseling promoting the use of automobile passenger restraints and bicycle helmets. Since successful primary prevention helps avoid the suffering‚ cost and burden associated with disease‚ it is typically considered the most cost-effective form of health care. Secondary prevention measures as those that identify
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The World Health Organization(WHO) defines health promotion as "the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve‚ their health. To reach a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being‚ an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations‚ to satisfy needs‚ and to change or cope with the environment. Health is‚ therefore‚ seen as a resource for everyday life‚ not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal
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Health promotions in nursing practice Dana Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V November 3‚ 2013 Health promotions can be defined as giving people control over their own health and helping them improve their health status. Health promotion focuses on helping individuals‚ families‚ and communities develop proficiencies needed to gain control over everyday life. Therefore‚ the ultimate goal of the health promotion model is to promote a sense of well-being‚ not just the
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Health Promotion: A comparison between Primary‚ Secondary and Tertiary Levels Brandy Floyd Grand Canyon University: Family-centered Health Promotion NRS-429V September 9‚ 2013 Health Promotion: A comparison between Primary‚ Secondary and Tertiary Levels Health Promotion and prevention can be used interchangeably in that as a society we need to start promoting healthier lifestyles now in order to prevent disease and poor health later in life. This interchange of terms is seen in the definition
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