Critical Analysis of Health Promotion Leaflet

The family physician, big box supercenter, local pharmacy, large chain pharmacies, the dentists' office are all places we are bombarded with various health promotion materials. Some encourage vaccination, others warn of serious diseases while some provide information on how to manage common ailments and conditions. Needless to say, there were many pamphlets to choose from for this assignment. I have chosen to analyze an Allergy Relief pamphlet published by the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. I wasn't shocked to find this among the healthcare promotional pamphlets at a local pharmacy as we are currently in allergy season. As directed, this paper will analyze several components of the pamphlet including content, quality, usefulness and cultural sensitivity and competence, just to name a few.

The authors of this research paper are Katlyn Scott, RN, MSc, and Mary-Lou Batty, RN, MSc. Even though this paper is written by the Nurse Practitioners, it is a meaningful source of information for RNs about barriers for implementation and lack of education about the use of the vaccines in the general population. The authors created this article in an attempt to investigate the reasons for the insufficient HPV vaccine immunization rates. This paper would be useful for community nurses, nursing and medical students, public health nurses, health promotion specialists, and managers.

The discussion section reiterates the primary purpose of this article. However, it also overlooks key data in the discussion and results sections. The prime focus is on how successful they have speculated the outcomes of the parental attitudes towards using the HPV information and the HPV vaccine. Again claiming that those in the intervention group who received the additional information reported a statistically significant increase and their perceived benefit repeatedly laid out in survey gaining 43% more likely to accept the HPV vaccine. However, more data is revealed in the descriptive and qualitative feedback section. Consequently, while the purpose is stated, generally did not determine value of the tested

You have selected a critical topic to which focus on the underserved needs to act on receiving Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Although the article you selected did not directly state or involve the Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) theory, it still boosted the effect of promoting HPV prevention. Nevertheless, PAPM limitation is its inability to follow up on the outcome and result of those who branched off deciding not to act on the preventive stages (Glanz, Rimer, & Viswanath, 2015). I believe, this is where other theoretical models intercede such as the health belief, transtheoretical model of change, etc. takes over to explore the reasons and the underlining factors to prepare a person towards readiness to act (Glanz et al., 2015; Glanz, Rimer, & Viswanath, 2008). Hence, it is clear that for some health behavior changes model like PAPM will require including other models to strengthen its limitations to further getting people to act on healthy behavioral choices (Glanz et al.,

The interview questions from the study focused on perceived barriers and facilitators to vaccine compliance. The primary focus areas were “religious, familial, peer, and socioeconomic influences on women’s vaccination decisions as well as patients general understanding of HPV, HPV related disease and the value of the vaccine” (Head, Vanderpool, & Mills, 2013, p. 353). They specifically focused on the conversations that occurred with the patient at the point of care, which included patient education on cancer prevention. They found that the reasons the patient refused the vaccination that they did not want to get a shot, the pain of the shot, and they were reluctant to visit again because of the boosters. They also determined that the people did not believe that HPV was an important health issue for them. They also found that: (1) Healthcare providers needed to be more proactive in recommending the vaccine (2) An effective vaccine campaign would help increase compliance (3) Providing reminders about the booster would increase compliance (4) Patients did not want to spend the time to return for the vaccine

Saeterdal I, Lewin S, Austvoll-Dahlgren A, Glenton C, Munabi-Babigumira S.(2014). Interventions aimed at communities to inform and educate about early childhood vaccination Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Nov 19;(11):CD010232. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010232.pub2.

In the article written by Jackson and co-authors, there are six key lessons given on the effectiveness of health promotion. All of these skills lead to the development of personal skills to be developed. These skills were developed when health promotion and exposure at a policy level, were put in place within a community, and from there, it became a responsibility for the individual level. An in text example would be the WHO convention for tobacco control. WHO used marketing and promotional techniques through all forms of mass communications, even within the gate keepers themselves., the gatekeepers being the consumer or individuals gas station or convenience store where cigarettes and tobacco products would typically be bought. By taking such

This research study will attempt to increase compliance through interviewing patients, providing education, reducing barriers, offering the vaccination and following up using phone calls. The methods used in this study could be applied in other populations because an understanding on reasons for hesitancy and non-compliance will be better understood. The reasons will differ between population types, so interventions would have to be individualized to meet the needs of the specific group. The goal is to increase vaccine compliance and reduce the incidence of HPV and the complications that may result from this virus.

The best strategy for balancing the conflicting pressures from various constituencies is to remove the barriers, which halt the promotion of HPV vaccine and also focus on the factors that hinder the women from taking the vaccine. According to the cross sectional study, the one that has limited health care access and lower level of education had lower vaccination rates. Though, the women were aware about HPV vaccine, the rate of interest in getting vaccine in 2010 was decreased as compared to 2008. It implies that we really need to bring the awareness about the benefit of HPV vaccine by education campaign to remove the misbelief of people. For those who have limited access to health care, we can utilize the alternative vaccine administration

As a nurse, providing education is a primary part of health promotion; such as explaining that smoking can make cancer more of a risk. As a secondary health promotion, a nurse would share how important it is to have screenings done. Detecting cancer early can help cure it so that the patient can return to their original health as soon as they can. For tertiary health promotion, the nurse would continue teaching the patient. This could be teaching the about their medications, or about support groups for those who can benefit (Taylor, 2014, p.51).

A nurse is a professional that has been involved in educational preparations as well as long and in-depth specialised training in relation to taking care of the sick. Health promotion is an activity that encourages people to improve their physical, mental and social well-being. Nurses play an adequate role in promoting health. As stated by Health Promotion International, “their role as promoters of health is more complex, since they have multi-disciplinary knowledge and experience of health promotion in their nursing practice.”

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended for adolescents ages 11 to 12 years. HPV vaccination rates remain low in the United States. Communication strategies to inform adolescents about HPV vaccination may increase vaccination rates and compliance with series. Text messages have been used as an approach to remind parents about HPV vaccination; however, there is minimal research on the efficacy of information delivered through text messages about HPV to adolescents.

The health promotion model proposed by Pender (1996) and revised by Pender et al. (2006) provides a broadly based conceptualiza- tion of a health-promoting lifestyle that includes a number of risk behaviors in its theoretical rationale as well as a scale to measure the construct (the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Pro- file [HPLP], and a revised version [HPLPII]). Currently, it is a widely used model for understanding health behavior (Shin, Hur, Pender, Jang, & Kim, 2006; Tsu-Yin & Pender, 2005). According to this model, the goal of health-promoting behaviors is to achieve positive health outcomes.

This article is mainly recommended for adolescents and for teenagers in school. This article intended to increase the awareness among adolescent on how important the HPV vaccination to prevent infection that can develop any type of cancer among women and man. Besides, this article is focused on requirement of vaccine in school that can increase the coverage of the usage of vaccine. Moreover the disease can be spread easily among students and by using school as a platform it can reduce the time to prepare for widespread dissemination of HPV vaccine to the

Beattie’s health promotion (1991), consists of four parts, Health persuasion, personal counselling, community development and legislative action. Beattie (1991), argues that when all four aspects are applied throughout the community alongside effective partnerships the population will see an improvement in patient behaviour and in turn an improvement in poor health. Beattie (1991), goes on to state that the use of health persuasion can alter the individual’s perception and attitudes, this could be done by providing the patient with evidence to show them how their current behaviour will affect their future. This could easily be applied via one-to-one contact between the patient and nurse, however the advice and input from the nurse must be individualised if the patient is going to recognise the