week 9

Question 1

whats health promotion

Answer 1

the use of health education to increase peoples knowledge about a health issue.
The process of enabling people to increase control overthrew health and its determinants and thereby improve their health.
A planned combination of education, political, regulatory, and organisational supports for actions and conditions of living conductive to the health of individuals, groups or communities.

Question 2

whats the principles of health promotion

Answer 2

1. involves the population as a whole
2. directed towards action on the determinants/causes of health
3. combines diverse but complementary strategies/methods or approaches
4. aims at effective and concrete public participati’on
5. health professionals have an important role to play in nurturing and enabling health promotion

Question 3

whats the ottawa charter for health promotion

Answer 3

A global health promotion conference help in Ottawa, Canada

Question 4

whats the five areas for health promotion actions

Answer 4

1. build healthy public policy
2. creates supportive environments
3. strengthen community action
4. develop personal skills
5. reorient health services

Question 5

whats the build healthy public policy area for health promotion actions

Answer 5

puts health on the agenda of policy makers
Encourages politicians to consider the health implications of their policies
Eg policies around gambling, smoke free dining or control o emissions.

Question 6

whats create supportive environments for health promotion actions

Answer 6

promotes a socioecological approach
Focuses on both the individual and their environment
Eg parks, cycling pathways.

Question 7

whats strength community action for health promotion actions

Answer 7

empower communities to own and control their own endeavours
Results in support, help, ownership of programs and behaviours
Community development draws on existing resources and engages community members in programming
Eg creation of community gardens.

Question 8

whats develop personal skills for health promotion actions

Answer 8

enable people to take control of their own health and wellness via skills building and education
Eg learning stress management techniques

Question 9

whats reorient health services for health promotion actions

Answer 9

move from tertiary care(curing disease) to primary care (focusing on promotion and prevention)
Eg government funding for TAC campaigns rather than more hospital beds.

Question 10

whats the charters prerequisites for health

Answer 10

a stable ecosystem
• social justice and equity
• resources such as education, food and income
• highlights the roles of organisations, systems and communities
highlights the role of individual behaviours and capacities in creating choices and opportunities for better health

Question 11

whats three basic principles for health promotion

Answer 11

1. advocate
2. enable
3. mediatee

Question 12

whats advocate principle

Answer 12

actions that seek to gain support from governments and societies to make the changes necessary to improve health fro everyone. include media campaigns, public speaking to try change opinions of those responsible for making public policies and laws

Question 13

whats enable principle

Answer 13

ensures equal opportunities and resources to enable all people to achieve their fullest health potential

Question 14

whats mediate principle

Answer 14

professional and social groups and health care professionals may have differing interests. mediate resolves conflicts and states that it is in social for the pursuit of increase in health.

Question 15

health utilises a wide range of strategies

Answer 15

seek to foster conditions that allow populations to be health and to make health choices
Strategies describe what it is that the project team will do to try and make the changes required to achieve the health promotion goal and objectives
Selecting a health promotion approach (and strategies) need to be specific and relevant
Range of strategies draw on a wide number of discipline

Question 16

whats some examples of workplace health promotion strategies

Answer 16

health risk assessments/ health checks
Nutrition seminars
Health canteen polices
Ergonomics
Employee assistance programs
Removal of vending machines
Smoking cessation programs
Supporting mental health days
Fitness programs and health team challenges

Question 17

whats some examples of school health promotion strategies

Answer 17

conducting physical education classes 
Making a play about mental wellbeing
Launching a ‘no hat, no play’ policy
Offering healthy cooking classes
Supporting good mental health through regular meditation
Implementing school bases immunisations

Question 18

a mix of health promotion strategies and actions are needed

Answer 18

health promotion interventions that use a combination of strategies and actions at multiple levels and sectors are effective and cost effective
Building healthy public policy is a key strategy
Supportive envirometns need to be rested at all levels
Community programs need to involve local participation s well as policy and legislative change
Personal skills development is combined with other strategies
Awareness of the socio environmental context is essential.