Health Promotion

Question 1

what are some settings for health promotion

Answer 1

work place, communities, nursery, schools

Question 2

what are the stages for health promotion

Answer 2

identify needs
identify aims and objectives
set out plan/interventions to achieve aims
identify resources
plan evaluation methods
set out an action plan - who doing what
put plan in place

Question 3

what is evaluated in an intervention in health promotion

Answer 3

efficiency
effectiveness
economoy

Question 4

what are the different methods of evaluation

Answer 4

process
impact
outcome

Question 5

what is done in a process evaluation

Answer 5

evaluating how well the interventions achieved the aims, what parts of the plan were responsible for success and failures. based largely on participants opinions - observations and interviews

Question 6

what is done in an impact evaluation

Answer 6

evaluating the impact of the intervention on the participants - did it change their behaviour or improve knowledge, surveys and questionnaires used immediately after intervention

Question 7

what is done in an outcome evaluation

Answer 7

evaluating the impact of the intervention but after a time period - assesses if it really resulted in a change of behaviour. very costly so cant always be done

Question 8

what are the 3 components to the childsmile programme

Answer 8

core - every child under age of 5 provided with toothbrush and toothpaste
nurseries and schools - 20% deprived nurseries and schools up to p4 get fluoride varnish twice yearly by dental nurse
primary care - dentist provides children with fluoride varnish twice a year, toothbrushing techniques, diet advice