Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Health Promotion and un wellnessiness PreventionHealth Promotion is the process of motivating raft and empowering communities to line up lifestyle and behavioural transforms to make better their wellness. This process involves various interventions to reach individuals, tough groups, communities, wellness sectors and law makers to engage in adapting behaviours relative to improved health and wellness.Disease Prevention concentrates on ways or strategies to littleen the put on the line of growing continual illnesses and other incidence of morbidities. It consists of different levels of frustrateion that involves measures to egest diseases, diagnose diseases, learn the causal factors and signs to look after, treatment, rehabilitation and reduction of stultification to brave a normal lifestyle as possible.Health progression and disease prevention addresses different health determinants (personal, social, environmental, economic factors) that doctor health status which c hanges manageable risk behaviours.There are different approaches for health forward motion that aims to improve health by bringing change in an individuals health perspective and that of the community. These are 1) Medical, 2) Lifestyle Behavioural, 3) affable/Political 4) Environmental, 5) educational Empowerment. An attempt to change health perspective amongst individual is by communicating messages that is relevant to them. For a positive change to arise, pile should understand why an area of concern is significant and that the practices different from their current ones posit to be pursued.I. Initiatives for Disease Prevention (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Prevention)Primary PreventionIt focuses on preventing the trespass of the diseases. That means minimizing exposure to hazards and increase immunity/resistance to diseases that can affect an individuals health. Of all the disease prevention levels, primary prevention targets larger populations. poserHealth campaigns, en couraging children with regular tooth brushing to avoid tooth decay, improving forcible activities, mass media campaigns. Increasing knowledge through education. Promote lifestyle changes. Mandating health policies (use of personal protective equipment, no smoking, liquor ban). Immunization programs. Health programs for high-risk groups (Maori, youth, children under five years, non-immune migrants). Handwashing to avoid contamination.Secondary Prevention/Early detective workIt aims to detect diseases before any manifestations and early treatment to control the progress of the disease. Hence, sheer complications and preventing relapse. Interventions include early diagnosis through screening and education people early signs of disease and what symptoms to watch for. poserRegular GP visits, routine blood sugar monitoring, screening tests (Pap Smear, Newborn Screening, HIV, Blood tests, Colonoscopy, Mammography), chemoprophylaxis to prevent infection (administering antibiotics)Terti ary PreventionIt is concerned on rehabilitation and reduce disability for re/irreversible conditions and late stage diseases. The goal of 3rd prevention is to improve a persons quality of life, providing comfort, and reduce suffering.Example carnal therapy, Cardiac rehabilitation following heart surgery (Coronary Artery rotate Grafting (CABG), stroke rehabilitation, follow-up examinations to identify metastasis, support groups, hospice care, palliative care. unbroken research for better treatment.II. Initiatives for Health Promotion Approaches (Medical, Lifestyle Behavioural, Social/Political, Environmental, educational Empowerment)Lifestyle Behavioural ApproachIt aims to influence high risk people of developing sedentary lifestyle to adapt healthy lifestyle to improve health. This approach implies that each individual is responsible for their health.ExampleHealth promotions about(predicate) proper nutrition, adequate rest, increase physical activity. Smoking and substance point programs. Mass media campaigns. Community centres providing various physical activity programs open to localseducational Empowerment ApproachIt provides people thorough information and hones their decision make skills to choose healthy living. With greater understanding of importance of health comes change in attitude followed by a change in behavior.ExampleProviding education material of cause and effects of health behaviours, counseling, group discussions, health related videos, health promotion in school settingSocial/Political ApproachIt targets group of people or community instead than individuals. It requires support from the policy makers to formulate and implement policies to promote health. The commitment of the g overning body to promote health policies provide engage the people in the murder of the said policies.ExampleNo smoking policy in macrocosm areas, within school, hospital, and work premises. Increasing tax on cigarettes/tobacco and hard beverages. A nti-smoking media advertisements. Designate areas where cigarettes can be sold and a policy against sales to minors. Government subsidies on Nicotine Replacement Therapy. Food labels on imported products. The need for GP prescription for access on use of certain medications. closingDisease prevention compliments health promotion efforts. Prevention is much efficient and cost effective rather than treatment. Health promotion provides people increase knowledge and understanding of the significance of taking control over their health to improve wellness. When diseases are prevented, it results to prolonged longevity of life. There will be increase independence with care, less reliance to long-term treatment, less hospitalization which means less healthcare expenditure. By choosing to address on the underlying health determinants the health problems can be lessened. Morbidity and mortality can be minimized by modifying risk factors. 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