The Setting Approaches in Health Promotion Projects

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate setting approach of health promotion in Healthy city projects. We used the secondary data of 2008-2010 Healthy city projects, reports, papers, workshops and symposia and had professional meetings to obtain the implications. Setting approach of health promotion in Healthy city projects conducted 27 (14.7%) in 2008 and 42 (21.8%) in 2009. Looking at the type of setting approach, villages and schools, respectively, was the highest (six, 22.2%) in 2008. In 2009, the school was 12 (28.6%), apartment 8 (19.0%), village 6 (14.3%), day nursery 5 (11.9%), workplace and senior center 4, respectively (9.5%), market 3 (7.1%). School and apartment are the most common setting approach in the metropolitan area, but senior center and village are most common in the rural areas. The good examples of health promoting schools, healthy workplaces, healthy villages, healthy apartments, health promoting hospitals, healthy markets, healthy senior centers were examined. To sustain and success the setting approach in health promotion, persons in settings must know the exact meaning of 'setting' and 'health promotion' and the efforts that setting can play an important role in healthy cities (communities) will be required.

Bus Workers’ Experiences with and Perceptions of a Health Promotion Program: A Qualitative Study Using a Focus Group Discussion

“…Bus workers with time constraints might prefer programs that are conducted at the workplace itself, where the healthcare activities are also carried out, over programs that require visiting the public health centers or workers' health support centers. Therefore, it is anticipated that the participation of bus workers and other workers in the program will be improved by expanding and managing the program to the workplace and implementing it continuously [26].…”

Bus workers’ experiences with and perceptions of a health promotion program: a qualitative study using a focus group discussion

“…Bus workers with time constraints might prefer programs that are conducted at the workplace itself, where the healthcare activities are also carried out, over programs that require visiting the public health centers or workers' health support centers. Therefore, it is anticipated that the participation of bus workers and other workers in the program will be improved by expanding and managing the program at the workplace and implementing it continuously [26].…”

Vulnerable worker's health promotion programs: using the survey method to identify health problems of bus workers, cleaners, and food service workers

“…최근 건강증진사업은 내방하는 개인을 중심으로 한 강의식 교육의 한계를 극복하기 위하여 기존의 방식과 더불어 건 강할 수 있는 환경 조성을 위한 생활터 중심의 건강증진방법을 핵심적인 전략으로 도입하고 있다 [1]. 생활터 중심의 건 강증진방법이란 우리가 삶을 누리고 있는 공간인 직장이나 사업장, 학교, 마을 등을 중심으로 교육을 제공하여 건강행 태를 개선할 뿐만 아니라 건강을 증진시킬 수 있는 환경을 조성하는 포괄적인 접근법을 의미한다 [2,3].…”