Health Promotion StrategiesEssay Preview: Health Promotion StrategiesReport this essay“Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions”(WHO, 2012).
Health education is one of several strategies that are used in promoting health.In order for an education intervention to be effective, it must be culturally and linguistically competent. It is increasingly clear that culture influences all aspects of human behavior including its role in defining illness, health, and wellness and in help-seeking and health maintenance behaviors. Of particular importance is the recognition that health beliefs and practices are passed on from generation to generation.
The health of Americans is often influenced by the neighborhood in which they live, the schools they attend, the availability of healthy foods, and the opportunities they have for employment, housing, and education. The National Prevention Strategy states that based upon cultural consideration several health promotion strategies can be implemented including:
Healthy Physical, Social and Economic Environments: Create healthy physical, social and economic environments that encompass safe and healthy neighborhoods, worksites, schools, homes and public and green space.
Reduce Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Implement policies, systems and environmental changes, in addition to targeted strategies, to reduce alcohol misuse and the use of illicit drugs and their consequences across the lifespan.
Healthy Eating: Implement policies, systems and environmental changes, in addition to targeted strategies to improve healthy food and beverage choices across the lifespan.
Active Living: Implement policies, systems and environmental changes, and targeted strategies to increase physical activity across the lifespan.Mental and Emotional Wellbeing: Implement policies, systems and environmental changes to enhance positive mental health and wellbeing that allows individuals to realize his or her full potential.
Hayes, 2009, p. 392). Cultural background tends to inform many peoples understanding of illness. Thus cultural beliefs could influence a persons behavior following an illness. In Vietnamese culture, for example, it is disrespectful to ask a doctor a question (Shanahan & Bradshaw, 1995). Within that culture, it is also believed that individuals who do not complain of pain or discomfort are strong in character (Shanahan & Bradshaw, 1995; Wills & Wooton, 1999).
Culture can be defined broadly as a system of values, beliefs, and attitudes that are affected by other characteristics such race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation. The role of culture is critical in any approach to addressing health disparities. Several studies have found that culture can influence the health beliefs and practices of individuals, providers, and systems as they may conceptualize health, disease, and wellness differently. Culture also affects health-seeking attitudes and behaviors, as individuals may have a historical mistrust of health care and social service professionals or have experienced racism, discrimination, and bias in the past when trying to access health care. Cultural and linguistic barriers also play a critical role in an individuals ability to seek and access care.
Poverty is one of the most important health issues of all time, and the health disparities in American society are exacerbated by the failure of many communities to educate, and also by the fact that many of these communities have low literacy levels to address and increase the well-being of their population. Health-seeking behaviors including smoking, drinking, low school attendance, and alcohol abuse are behaviors that lead individuals to perceive themselves to be below the poverty line, and they also may lead to health problems such as depression, substance abuse, and obesity. While the focus of this document on poverty as a health issue highlights that the health disparities of American society are exacerbated by the failure of many communities to educate, and also by the fact that many of these communities have low literacy levels to address and increase the well-being of their population, it also highlights the importance of the role of education and social service personnel to make health programs and programs that promote the health of people, and to improve the health of the health systems for other individuals, providers, and systems, such as the individual or community health system.
Maternal and Child Health Care Systems that Embraced the Health Problem
The health-care system in many aspects of the United States is largely unregulated, and the results have largely driven up health disparities in most states and many countries. In recent years there has been increased interest from many sectors, including health providers, on understanding health and social justice issues across all ages and cultures, especially in the developing world. These include health reform initiatives, education, health education services, social justice strategies–including those developed across the globe, and policies that make sense for both the health of people, and for other community health issues. In recent years there has been increased interest from many sectors, including health providers, on understanding health and social justice issues across all ages and cultures, especially in the developing world.
Maternal and Child Health Services System of the United States
The most effective use of our resources has been to offer care from the moment that we first receive a baby’s birth. Our services have had a substantial impact in changing the lives of so many and we are proud we have been able to help.
Medicaid The most effective use of our resources has been to provide care from the moment that we first receive a baby’s birth. Our services have had a substantial impact in changing the lives of so many and we’re proud we have been able to help.
Durable Services
Mental Health Services Services are critical to reducing the number and quality of suicide, and to prevent suicide. As mental health professionals we are able to provide care that is both culturally based, culturally responsive, and effective for many of our service members, including those receiving community-based mental health services. These services are also known as “careable care.” These services are delivered through community-run programs, through community involvement, and by qualified healthcare professionals. The primary focus of this document is on safe, effective, affordable care, including and prevention of suicide and substance abuse.
Health Maintenance Services
One of the health care services that may be
Culture is the sum total of the way of living; including values, beliefs, aesthetic standards, linguistic expression, patterns of thinking, behavioral norms, and styles of communication which a group of people has developed to assure the survival in a particular physical and human environment. Many factors need to be taken into consideration when considering cultural influences in our understanding of health, wellness, and disease. Factors specific to different cultural groups include folk remedies, normative cultural values, patient beliefs and practices, and provider beliefs, values and practices. Often differences in cultural values create conflicts that can affect how services might be accessed or utilized. Cultural competence can serve as a tool in bridging these differences.
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The virtual family named The Henrys is an African American family residing in Michigan. The family is made up of a 55-year-old male named Chuck and his wife Tameka who is 56 years old. Chuck is recently laid off from job at auto plant just a year short of retirement and Tameka is currently on disability due to a back injury suffered on job 4 years ago.
Chuck denies any past medical history and only states he has allergies to “mold”. Most recently Chuck was diagnosed with hypertension after coming into for an office visit complaining of headaches and insomnia. He was started on anti-hypertensive medication. Chuck has also discussed his concerns with financial difficulties due to his COBRA health insurance almost completed and the high cost of both his family medications. Educating Chuck about the importance of taking his anti-hypertensive medication is an extremely important to ensure his current and future health. “Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of deaths in African-Americans. In fact, coronary heart disease and stroke together account for then one third of all deaths in African-Americans”(Giger & Davidhizar, 2008, p. 214). Encouraging Chuck to maintain a healthy diet and participate in at least thirty minutes of exercise three times a week will help decrease these risk factors. Providing him with examples of a proper diet using foods he likes will help ensure that he make healthful meal choices. Mental health is extremely dependent of ones self worth encouraging Chuck to continue to look for employment and provide him with any information on employment location programs in the surrounding area. “Family is the basic unit of society” (Blais & Hayes, 2009, p. 392).
Tameka only medical complaint