HEALTH PROMOTION, RISK REDUCTION & CBS

• HEALTH PROMOTION

  • combination of health education and various supports
  • including organizational, economic, and environmental factors
  • aimed at encouraging behaviors conducive to health at the individual, group, or community level
• HEALTH EDUCATION

  • providing individuals, groups, or communities with information and knowledge about health-related topics
  • promote health literacy and empower them to make informed decisions about their health
• HEALTH PROTECTION

  • engaging in behaviors with the specific intent of preventing disease, detecting disease early
  • maximizing health within the constraints of disease
  • immunizations to prevent specific diseases and screenings (mammograms/cancer)
• OTTAWA CHARTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

  a document developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1986
• PATIENT EDUCATION

  • providing information and resources to individuals to help them understand their health conditions, treatment options, and self-management strategies
  • empower patients to actively participate in their healthcare decisions and improve health outcomes
• PORTION DISTORTION

  • phenomenon where individuals underestimate the serving sizes of food, leading to overconsumption of calories and nutrients
  • contribute to weight gain and other health issues
• RISK


  probability of harm or adverse effects occurring as a result of a particular action, behavior, or exposure to a hazard
• HEALTH PROMOTION

  • combination of health education and various supports (organizational, economic, environmental)
  • enhance well-being and achieve optimal health potential (Parse, 1990; Green & Kreuter, 1991).
• COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

  • extends beyond individual care to address the health needs of entire communities
  • preventing disease, detecting illnesses in their early stages, and maximizing health within the constraints of existing conditions
  • collaborate with various stakeholders to address health disparities and promote health equity within communities
• RISK AND HEALTH

  • family history, work stress, age, environmental exposures, and gender
  • Oleckano (2002), is the likelihood of a specific event occurring within a defined timeframe
  • Friis (2004), is an exposure associated with the development of a disease
• RISK ASSESSMENT


  a systematic way of distinguishing the risks posed by potentially harmful exposures.
• HEALTH PROBLEMS OF ALCOHOL

  • liver disease
  • unintentional injuries
  • frequently preceding violence
  • accidents
• The Charter identifies prerequisites for health and (three) basic strategies for health promotion:

  1. Advocacy for health to provide for the conditions and resources essential for health
  2. Enabling all people to attain their full health potential,
  3. Mediating among the different sectors of society in efforts to achieve health.
• The fundamental conditions and resources for health are:

  • Peace
  • Shelter
  • Education
  • Food
  • Income
  • A stable ecosystem Sustainable resources
  • Social justice and equity
• HEALTH PROMOTION POLICY REQUIRES

  
  

  identification of obstacles to the adoption of healthy public policies in non-health sectors and ways of removing them.
• FIVE (5) PRIORITY ACTION areas provide support to three strategies of Health Promotion:

  1. Build Healthy Public Policy
  2. Create Supportive Environments
  3. Strengthen Community Actions
  4. Develop Personal Skills
  5. Reorient Health Services
• HEALTH PROMOTION


  an essential component to ongoing good health and well-being, yet many people have difficulty with one or more of the components of health promotion
• COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE


  assess and counsel clients on their health habits
• COMMUNITY


  people with sufficiently strong relationships that they provide tangible support to each other and can act together.
• COMMUNITY CAPACITY

  • combined influence of a community's commitment
  • resources and skills that can be deployed to build on community strengths
  • identify common aspirations, and address community problems.
• COMMUNITY CAPACITY-BUILDING


  strengthening the ability of communities to act on their own behalf to promote the well-being of their members