Question

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What health promotion programs could be adopted in US communities?

Answer 1

#. Health promotion: definition.

- Those activities that assist people in developing resources that maintain or enhance well-being and improve their quality of life

#. Health promotion: purpose.

- Focus on the person's potential for wellness and to encourage appropriate alterations in personal habits, lifestyle, and environment in ways that reduce risks and enhance health and well-being

- Research has shown that people will influence their own health (by virtue of what they do or fail to do)

- Health promotion is an active process (it is not

something that can be prescribed or dictated) and only the individual can make these choices

- Today, many of the major causes of illness are chronic diseases that have been closely related to lifestyle behaviors

#. Health promotion: purpose: life span.

- Starts before birth and extends through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age

- Maternal: starts during pregnancy; vitamins, labs, stool softeners

- Children: screenings, immunizations

- Adolescence: screenings, drug abuse

- Adulthood: lifestyle changes, exercise

- Geriatrics: independence, keep moving

#. Health promotion programs that could be used in US communities :-

- Diabetes: promote diet and exercise

- Heart disease: promote diet and exercise

- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): prevent Smoking

- Liver Cirrhosis: prevent alcohol abuse, prevent Hepatitis (needle sharing)

- Hypertension: promote diet and exercise

#. Health promotion: four components.

- Self-Responsibility

- Nutritional Awareness

- Stress Reduction and Management

- Physical Fitness

1. Health promotion: four components: self responsibility.

- Self responsibility is based on the understanding that the individual controls his/her life

- Each person alone must make the choices that determine the health of his/her lifestyle

- Various techniques have been used to encourage people to accept responsibility for their health, including public health announcements, educational programs, and reward systems (e.g., insurance incentives)

- Health promotion programs are important tools for encouraging people to assume responsibility for their health and develop behaviors that improve health.

2. Health promotion: four components: nutritional awareness.

- Understanding the importance of a healthy diet that supplies all essential nutrients

- Understanding the relationship between diet and disease is an important facet of a person's self-care

- It has been suggested that good nutrition is the single most significant factor in determining health status, longevity and weight control

- Some clinicians believe that a healthy diet is one that substitutes "natural" foods for processed and refined foods, consequently decreasing the intake of sugar, salt, fat, cholesterol, caffeine etc.

3. Health promotion: four components: stress reduction and management.

- Research has suggested that negative effects of stress on health included a cause-and-affect relationship between stress and other factors such as infections, disease, traumatic injuries (motor vehicle accidents) and some chronic illnesses

- Studies suggest relaxation techniques, exercise, and modifications to prevent stressful situations may assist patients in dealing with stress

4. Health promotion: four components: physical fitness.

- Important component of health promotion

- Improves function of circulatory system/lungs

- Decreases cholesterol and low density lipoprotein levels (LDL)

- Decreases body weight by increasing calorie expenditure

- Delays degenerative changes such as osteoporosis

- Improves flexibility and overall muscle strength

- An appropriate exercise program can have a positive effect on a person's performance capacity, appearance, and improve physical, mental, and emotional health and well being