Principles of Health Promotion and the Nurse’s Role as Behaviour Change Facilitator Introduction This report explores the fundamental role of Health Promotion to the health sector and individuals in relation to their biological, psychological and sociological aspects. To discuss its practical role in the society, a health promotion model is related to a family that lives in socially deprived.
Health promotion as defined by World Health Organization is “a health strategy that aims to incorporate skills and community development and to create supportive environment for health, endeavors to build healthy public policy and looks at re-orienting health services. (WHO, 1986). Health promotion is strongly rooted in a social philosophy that attributed the etiology of ill health to.
Health Promotion in Nursing Practice. Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Jenny Curie Grand Canyon University NRS-429V March 15, 2013 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Over the last decade an increase in focus on health promotion and the critical role nurses play in its future have developed. Nurses over the years have been linked to their success in patient education and providing.
The paper encompasses an experience of the myriad health promotion approaches in nursing. Among the approaches discussed are medical health promotion, educational health promotion, social Changes health promotion, empowerment health promotion and behavioral changes health promotion. The paper illustrates how these approaches have been implemented, and shows their effectiveness.
