The health promoting hospital (HPH): concept and development

Images of health among hospital patients in Jordan: A qualitative study

“…[1,3] It is argued that, in order to understand health promotion, having an idea of what to promote is vital. [4,5] Likewise, hospital nurses are unlikely to improve health and to bring about change unless they have adequate understanding of the patients' conceptualisation of health and its determinants.…”

The Application of Salutogenesis in Hospitals

“…Salutogenesis should ideally be considered an organizational principle the implementation of which is supported by adequate organizational structures and capacities. Such capacities include leadership support, clear organizational responsibilities for salutogenesis, trained and experienced staff, an earmarked budget, and the inclusion of criteria and indicators for salutogenesis into continuous monitoring and improvement processes for which support from quality management might be a useful lever (Pelikan, Krajic, & Dietscher, 2001;Röthlin, Schmied, & Dietscher, 2015). The existence of such capacities would enable a continuous improvement of the salutogenic orientation of the overall daily functioning of hospitals as the centers of modern healthcare delivery systems.…”

“…Since salutogenesis is referred to as one of the theoretical backgrounds of health promotion, it is worthwhile to explore in how far salutogenesis has so far been taken up in HPH, an international network initiated by WHO-Euro that aims at supporting the reorientation of hospitals toward health promotion (Milz & Vang, 1989;Pelikan et al, 2001;WHO, 1991WHO, , 1997.…”

“…Summing up, a health-promoting hospital is actively attempting to integrate health promotion criteria into its decision premises and processes, and, consequently, taking comprehensive and continuous action to promote the health of its patients, staff, and the population in the community it serves (Pelikan et al, 2001). A bibliography on published literature in the field of HPH was published by Dietscher, Pelikan, and Schmied (2014).…”

Hospitals as professional organizations: challenges for reorientation towards health promotion

“…Health, in this context, is understood as a positive (resource-oriented) concept rather than a negative (disease-oriented) concept as proposed by the biomedical model and, thus, promoting health stands for 'enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health ' (World Health Organization, 1986, p. 1). The best-known example for a comprehensive health promotion reorientation in hospitals is the Health Pro-moting Hospitals Network, which was established by World Health Organization (WHO) in 1990 to support health promotion implementation and to facilitate organizational change (Groene & Garcia-Barbero, 2005;Pelikan, Krajic, & Dietscher, 2001). Since its launch, the network has spread around the globe and now consists of more than 900 members in more than 40 countries.…”