Health Promotion And Disease Prevention

Some of the emerging trends in the health promotion are the shift of the diseases from acute diseases to chronic disease. This has yielded a lot of pressure on health promotion and wellness (Future Trends in Health Promotion, 2015). The health promotion is expected to change focus to strategies that will ensure that health promotion will now be focused on long-term interventions that will enhance behavioural change. People need to be more educated on these diseases. Another eminent trend is the privatization of wellness and health promotion (Future Trends in Health Promotion, 2015). Many private entities are now engaging in health promotion, and this has caused a revolution in the health promotion.

Discuss the effectiveness of a range of health promotion strategies in relation to young people (6 marks)

The next interview was of an Asian American family. This is a military family, the father meet, married and brought back to the United States a 23 year old Vietnamese woman. Family is vital to this Asian American family and respect is expected. Over the years, the mother has adapted to some western ways but maintains certain culture values and passed them on to her children. Diet plays a huge part in their health maintenance and protection. The diet manly consists of rice, vegetables and fish. Along with diet, exercise and staying fit is a big part of their ethnic background. The mother stated to me “Don’t you see all the Asian ladies at the gym? We take pride in staying fit.” To them their body is a temple and needs to be cared for. Spirituality of mind body and soul is another significant part of their health. Partaking in meditation, massage therapy and acupuncture are ways to rid the body of imbalance and place it back in balance to fight illness and diseases. Illness may be attributed to organic or physical problems an imbalance of yin and yang, an obstruction of chi (life energy), a failure to be in harmony with nature, punishment for immoral behavior (in this or past lives), or a curse placed by an offended spirit ("Vietnamese Cultural Profile — EthnoMed," n.d.). While this family is westernized in some ways, by going to the doctor and

The object of this assignment is to critically appraise a health promotion initiative related to midwifery practice. The initiative chosen is a NHS Health Scotland leaflet entitled 'Smoking: giving up during pregnancy: a guide for pregnant women who want to stop smoking' (NHS Health Scotland 2003). It will be referred to as the 'initiative' or the 'leaflet' throughout this assignment.

Health promotion is a process that enables clients to control and improve their health. It includes education and preventative medicine. The better educated a client is the more likely they are to take steps to protect their health. The key is to promote wellness and healthy lifestyles especially in the poor and underserved communities who may not have access to adequate healthcare and education. Some examples of health promotion activities would be cholesterol screenings, general health screenings, back injury prevention programs, blood sugar screenings, and hypertension screenings. The health fairs we participate in are perfect examples of health promotion activities in the community that serve people that may not otherwise be screened.

Fitness and wellness are related to the prevalence of certain diseases (Fair, 2011). Most diseases that are strongly associated with risk factors or behaviors are preventable (Bezner, 2015). These diseases when not prevented may lead to decreased quality of life, disability and even death. It is better to prevent the occurrence of certain diseases by addressing modifiable risk factors, than to wait for the patient to suffer the consequences before we take action. Health promotion through prevention and wellness is therefore a vital component of health care system in any community. Bezner (2015) defined health promotion as the process of empowering a person to change his lifestyle and behavior, with the purpose of improving the overall health of people living in the community. According to Bezner (2015) physical therapists are ideal messengers and role models in health promotion and wellness. In line with this, physical therapists should participate in creating a health promotion initiative for the community to decrease health care costs, decrease mortality and to alleviate the risk of having chronic diseases (McGinnis, Williams-Russo, & Knickman, 2002). One example of a health promotion initiative that can be created by physical therapists is a wellness and prevention program for the elderly.

I believe the focus should change into health promotion/disease prevention. Increasing focus on prevention will help improve our health, quality of life and prosperity. The article written by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention reveals, “ seven out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are because of undetected chronic disease such as cancer and heart disease” (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) . Approximately one out of every two adults has at least one chronic illness, many of which maybe preventable if a routine health visit was done on regular bases. When people receive preventive care, they have better health and lower health care costs. For example, expanding the linkages between clinical and community prevention efforts,

This paper will discuss the health promotion role of learning disability nurse when supporting a person with a learning disability to access cancer screening programmes. Barriers to health inclusion will be discussed and how the nurse can assist in reducing these inequalities with the use of current legislation.

As a health care provider our first response always set the tone for a return on a consequence. Furthermore, as health care professional analyzing health care issues revolve around understanding the problem, implementing an intervention, and applying a solution. The World Health Organization states “health promotion helps reduce excess mortality, address the leading risk factors and underlying determinants of health, helps strengthen sustainable health systems, and places heath at the center of the broad development agenda.”

The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced $1.01 billion in grant-funding opportunities for Health promotion. These grant programs emerged directly from the Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Enacted in 2010, this legislation significantly affects both Medicare and Medicaid. It is designed to gradually shrink Medicare's drug-coverage "doughnut hole" until it is completely eliminated, a goal set for 2020. (The doughnut hole in Medicare Part D begins when a person's annual individual drug expenditures reach a certain amount. Coverage begins again when those expenses reach the "catastrophic" phase of coverage.) However, federal subsidies to Part C are designated to be cut, and Medicare payroll taxes for high-income earners are set to increase starting in 2013.

In today’s generation, many people don’t have a healthy way of living. We all have a choice to live with a healthy lifestyle, but many choose to live just for today. While there may not be anything wrong with living that way, the US Department of Health and Human Services (Healthy People 2020, 2010) set out to create a program to promote health across all stages of life. That is where Healthy People 2020 comes in. Healthy People 2020 is an approach with a set purpose, a list of multi sector priorities, and a program which affects nursing practice/patient care (Healthy People 2020, 2010).

I received lot of information from the last week discussion forum about health promotion and diseases prevention .Even though we know about the healthy life style, diet habits most time it’s hard to follow by simply saying excuses. Practice what we preach is the hard part. An obese health provider advising his or her patients calculating BMI and informing patients that your BMI is above the grid may keep smile on patients face same like health minister asking followers to lead a healthy life style without doing so .As health care providers we try to be model for that setting up realistic goals are essential .Until I read the last week topic I was not familiar with meal plate or salads bar ,as well more conscious about menu plan ,calorie check

Health promotion utilises theories and models to guide practice. A theory is the general principles of a framework of ideas in regards to a particular topic. (Merriam-webster.com, 2016) A model is a set plan of action based on theoretical ideas to achieve a set goal. (Merriam-webster.com, 2016)

Ideas that I have for spreading the improvement or sustaining the practice change within my health system and other systems is simple, it involves health promotion and health education. I personally believe that health education is an important role when addressing medical problems. Therefore, it should not only involve patient education but also staff education. By educating office staffs, nurses and ancillary staff these individuals can then look out of clues that the patient may need help with. Secondly, health promotion is another important factor. I believe that by incorporating health promotion behaviors during every patient encounter will overall have a positive impact in the patient health status.

Health promotion aims a wide range of targets at different levels in the community. The huge benefits resulted from health promotion and disease prevention efforts make many realize that this domain of health care is worth to be invested in. The focus is shifted evermore from the medical to the preventative approach, from treating the disease to avoiding the onset of it.