Health promotion: An effective tool for global health

Kumar, Sanjiv; Preetha, G S

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.94009

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“…Health and wellbeing are not limited to the healthcare system (Kumar & Preetha, 2012). People’s living environments, their daily activities and their relationships are potentially creating stressors that affect people’s health and wellbeing.…”

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Health dynamics in camps and on campuses: stressors and coping strategies for wellbeing among labourers and students in Cameroon

Makoge

Maat

Vaandrager

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: For many people living in low-income countries, poverty implies an increased exposure to conditions that threaten health and wellbeing as well as reduced capacity to maintain health. Despite the challenging conditions caused by poverty, people may consider themselves healthy because they have learned to cope with their situation probably as a result of life experiences which expose people to both challenges and potential solutions. In this paper we present results from studying health and wellbeing challenges and mechanisms to cope with challenges among two different groups of people who are living under conditions of poverty: workers of the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) and students of the university of Buea and the university of Yaoundé. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study, interviewing 21 CDC workers and 21 students. Results Our study reveals context-specific stressors emerging from poor work conditions and study pressure as well as non-context-specific stressors perceived by respondents as living conditions, poor healthcare and financial uncertainty. Respondents devised coping mechanisms to overcome exactly those stressors such as searching for additional money sources, preventive action towards hazardous living conditions and alternative medical support. Conclusion: We conclude that supporting and promoting such avenues is essential for enhanced and continuous coping with stressors.

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Health dynamics in camps and on campuses: stressors and coping strategies for wellbeing among labourers and students in Cameroon

Makoge

Maat

Vaandrager

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Nevertheless, the proportion of health problems in a tested group significantly decreased over time and in general employees of the tested group always felt better. Similarly, some researchers indicated that overall well-being of participants was the most common effect of health promotions (Kumar & Preetha, 2012), even though the course and the interactions of agents are still a mystery. The health issues and the absenteeism variables were not correlated in this study and the average absence days caused by health problems increased in the tested group over time.…”

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Evaluating Workplace Health Promotion Program

Peršolja

2017

CBUP

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Due to the complexity of health promotion interventions, uneconomical evaluation indicators are recommended. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of multi-component workplace health promotion intervention. The goals were to study the association of health promotion with health status. In a controlled study trial, 278 workers of primary schools and municipal administration had the chance to participate in six-month workplace health promotion program. Employees have fulfilled a questionnaire at baseline and then again after completion of the program. The results showed that in the test group, the incidence of problems with health significantly declined, but the rating of health status decreased and the average absence days increased over time. The higher working hours per week correlated to obesity and high blood pressure. It can be concluded that workplace health promotion activity could support a change in health status and therefore contribute to higher quality of life. IntroductionProblem statement Health promotion includes many meanings under which are hidden all the activities and programs that support human health (Development, 2004). In Europe, organizations introduced health promotion mainly due to pressures from laws, requirements of workers and their health problems, and in order to raise their reputation. The European model treats the individual and his environment includes a wide range of work methods and tries to integrate into the existing structure of the organization. Europe is therefore somewhat less focused on the risk factors in an individual and more on the quality of working life and working environment (O'Donnel, 2002). As is clear from the research, there are many potential benefits of health promotion in the workplace (Aldana et al., 2005;Baxter et al., 2014;Goetzel & Ozminkowski, 2008;Rongen et al., 2013): improved satisfaction with work, increased loyalty, increased involvement of employees, improved interpersonal relationships at work, enhanced self-esteem, creativity, employee productivity, improved organizations' reputation, smaller turnover, easier recruitment of new personnel, improved health of employees, reduced absenteeism, tardiness, and injuries at work, less use of health services, reduced treatment costs, amongst many others. Health is determined by changes in which a person can consciously make decisions and achieve the best in given circumstances. Understanding health as a complex entity, therefore, sets health promotion as intricate, and health interventions as difficult to synthesize (Waters et al., 2006). Workplace health promotion efficiency evaluation is crucial for managers to support these activities in organizations. Process evaluation provides an analysis of the development during implementation of the program and measures the ratio between the result and the expectations. The program evaluation measures the changes that have occurred in connection with the activities carried out. A cause-effect relationship between health promotion and...

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“…According to other researchers, cardiovascular nursing is important in different fields of health including primary, secondary and tertiary care. Therefore, these nurses should obtain skills and knowledge in four areas of health promotion, cardiac disease prevention and rehabilitation, acute, chronic and episodic care and palliative care (Kumar & Preetha, 2012). Care for the elderly with cardiovascular disease needs having cardiovascular knowledge, knowing how to train patients, performing health assessment, developing care plans, procedures to ensure the quality of care, etc.…”

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Exploring Requirements of the ‘Would Be’ Expert Cardiac Care Nurse

Dehghani¹,

Nasiriani²,

Negahdary³

2016

GJHS

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Background: Cardiovascular interventions have experienced extraordinary progress in the past decades. But it seems that preparation of cardiovascular nurses has not been in pace with the changes. This is while these nurses have a prominent role in the care and management of life-threatening diseases in these wards which can lead to reduced mortality. The present study aimed to explore the effective factors on training a cardiac care nurse.Methods: This research is qualitative and applies inductive content analysis. Participants included 7 matrons and 50 nurses selected through purposive sampling method. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and open questionnaires. Also, conventional approach to content analysis was used to analyze data. Results:To have a qualified CCU nurse, the findings cover four main themes including specialist nurses (having appropriate personal and professional characteristics), acquiring comprehensive educational content (acquiring specialized cardiac, basic nursing, and general educational content), integrated educational approach (group education, individual education and special education methods), and administrative and organizational requirements (the necessity of recognizing the position of CCU nurses, allocation of material and intellectual benefits, educational and managerial monitoring of supervisors). Conclusion:Since cardiac care nurses play an important role in ensuring nursing care quality in cardiovascular wards and can improve the care delivered to the patients, it is necessary for nurses to have appropriate professional and personal qualities. Therefore, nurses should have training on general, basic nursing, and specialist cardiac content through integrated educational approach. At the same time, managerial and organizational requirements should be established to maintain and improve their competencies and capabilities.

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Health promotion: An effective tool for global health

Cited by 278 publications

References 13 publications

Health dynamics in camps and on campuses: stressors and coping strategies for wellbeing among labourers and students in Cameroon

Health dynamics in camps and on campuses: stressors and coping strategies for wellbeing among labourers and students in Cameroon

Evaluating Workplace Health Promotion Program

Exploring Requirements of the ‘Would Be’ Expert Cardiac Care Nurse

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