Volunteer engagement to inform research on cardiovascular health awareness, Canada
AbstractVolunteers have been extensively used in health promotion programmes. However, they have been less frequently involved in the research process. In its most recent iterations, the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP) integrated volunteers (i) to facilitate CHAP sessions with participating patients for data collection and (ii) to evaluate the intervention. Drawing on the patient and public involvement literature, our research team included volunteers in the data collection and evaluation of CHAP sessions as part of the programme ’s implementation in the province of Quebec (Canada). We sought volunteers’...
Source: Health Promotion International - March 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Policymakers ’ perspectives on designing school-based health initiatives for Victorian adolescents
This study therefore aimed to analyse the political considerations that underpinned policymakers ’ decisions for the design and implementation of a programme based on HPS in middle and high schools in Victoria, Australia. Interpretive policy analysis was undertaken using interviews with a purposive sample of government and non-government policy actors. Interviews explored factors influencing programme design and implementation and were analysed using thematic analysis. Ten in-depth interviews, including 11 participants, were conducted. The analysis revealed four themes. The Achievement Program was designed through (i) th...
Source: Health Promotion International - March 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Anti-obesity public health messages and risk factors for disordered eating: a systematic review
AbstractIn response to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, public health efforts to curb these conditions have been delivered in abundance. There is concern however that the messages used to target these conditions may be increasing risk factors for disordered eating. Therefore, we sought to systematically review the literature on the effects of anti-obesity public health messages on risk factors for disordered eating. Seven electronic databases were searched for articles meeting the inclusion criteria, resulting in the inclusion of 12 studies of various methodologies that measured one or more risk factors...
Source: Health Promotion International - March 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Implementation of Kenyan comprehensive school health program: improvement and association with students ’ academic attainment
This study aimed to clarify the improvement of school health during the project years and th e association between school health and students’ academic attainment. Primary schools in Mbita sub-county were selected as study sites. We assessed 44 schools’ scores on a school health checklist developed from the Kenyan Comprehensive School Health Program, the students’ mean score on the Ke nya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), and absenteeism during the project years (2013–16). The mean school health checklist score (n = 44 schools) was 135.6 in 2013, 169.9 in 2014, 158.2 in 2015 and 181.3 in 2016. The differ...
Source: Health Promotion International - March 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Understanding influenza vaccination among Portuguese elderly: the social ecological framework
This study intended to identify and quantify the social ecological model (SEM) levels associated to seasonal IV uptake in the Portuguese elderly population. Data from the 2014 National Health Survey was restricted to individuals aged 65+ years (n = 5669). Twenty-three independent variables were allocated to the SEM levels: individual, interpersonal, organizational, community and policy. Sex stratified and age adjusted analysis using Poisson regression were performed for each level and for a fitted full model. Relative reduction in pseud o R magnitude measured marginal contribution of each level. For men and women, old...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Key Performance Indicators for program scale-up and divergent practice styles: a study from NSW, Australia
AbstractImplementing programs at scale has become a vital part of the government response to the continuing childhood obesity epidemic. We are studying the largest ever scale-up of school and child care obesity prevention programs in Australia. Health promotion teams support primary schools and early childhood services in their area to achieve a number of specified, evidence-based practices aimed at organizational changes to improve healthy eating and physical activity. Key performance indicators (KPIs) were devised to track program uptake across different areas —measuring both the proportion of schools and early childho...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Effects on general health associated with beach proximity in Barcelona (Spain)
AbstractHealth benefits of blue spaces have been less studied compared with other urban natural environments. As a type of blue space, beaches are also affected by this lack of evidence, despite their cultural and economic importance in lots of coastal regions all over the world. Based on secondary health data from 3192 participants of the Health Survey of Barcelona 2016, we conducted a logit regression analysis to explore the relationship between people ’s general health and beach proximity from their dwelling place, controlling for several health determinants. Our main results suggested that having good general health ...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Physical activity promotion in German vocational education: does capacity building work?
This article reports results from a German research project (2015 –2018) that developed and implemented measures for PA promotion in the field of vocational education (VE). A participatory approach—cooperative planning (COP)—involving researchers as well as stakeholders from policy and practice was used in two VE settings—nursing care and automotive mechat ronics. We assessed the extent to which new capacities for PA promotion were created by conducting semi-structured interviews with stakeholders from both sectors (n = 12) and one group interview with nursing students (n = 4). Transcripts were analysed u...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Evaluating the most popular diabetes websites in the USA: a content analysis
In conclusion, patients and their family members will cont inue to seek online information about diabetes, its effects and treatment options. Therefore, this multiple-metric evaluation provides essential information for these individuals, and healthcare providers, who can now give better informed website recommendations to their patients and families. (Source: Health Promotion International)
Source: Health Promotion International - February 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Multisectoral approach and WHO ‘Bestbuys’ in Nigeria’s nutrition and physical activity policies
This study describes the utilization of multisectoral approach (MSA) for the formulation of nutrition and physical activity policies and the extent to which they align with the WHO ‘Best Buy Interventions’. The research utilized a descriptive case study design and the theoretical model guiding the study was the Walt and Gilson framework for policy analysis. Data were obtained through the interview of 44 key informants using pre-tested guides and document review of 17 pol icies and articles obtained from government institutions or through the search of electronic databases. Data were integrated and analysed using them...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Health promotion program for office workers with SEM based on the WHO ’s healthy workplace framework
This study attempts to develop and verify the effectiveness of a health promotion program for office workers based on the social ecological model and the World Health Organization ’s Healthy Workplace Framework. This study involved 272 office workers of a small and medium-sized enterprise in Korea. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Bonferroni correction using SPSS/WIN 23.0. Workplace environmental support w as provided to all workers, while a 6-month intensive core program based on social support was implemented for the intensive management group. Based ...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Participatory approaches, local stakeholders and cultural relevance facilitate an impactful community-based project in Uganda
AbstractSanitation is a major global challenge that is often addressed at national and international levels, while community opinions and beliefs are neglected. To promote water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) we organized a cross-cultural knowledge exchange workshop to assess participatory methods for engaging local stakeholders. The workshop included 22 participants from all sectors of society. Practical solutions to sanitation challenges were identified and later shared with a local community. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were used to assess impact and showed participatory methods were highly valued to encourage...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Intervention development for exercise promotion at active charity events in the UK
This study used the Intervention Mapping protocol to design an evidence-based intervention package for organizers of active charity events to support their participants in remaining or becoming regular exercisers. A mixed-methods approach following the Intervention Mapping protocol was used to develop intervention components. A needs assessment was initially performed to identify the behavioural and environmental determinants of exercise for charity event participants (Step 1). Next, the intended intervention outcomes, and performance and change objectives were specified (Step 2). Theory-based change methods were selected ...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The medicalization of cancer as socially constructed and culturally negotiated
AbstractSociological considerations of medicalization frequently employ a limited use of the term that focuses on the transformation of social phenomena into issues subject to medical control. Informed by a salutogenic perspective, this essay argues that it is possible to understand cancer as having been medicalized. I show that far from exclusively a biophysical issue, the medicalization of cancer is a socially constructed and culturally negotiated process, with a fairly recent historical origin. While changing social relations of healing have led our medico-centric culture to a near single-minded understanding of cancer ...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Overabundance of unhealthy food advertising targeted to children on Guatemalan television
AbstractTo assess, for the first time, the extent (by hour channel) and nature (e.g. persuasive marketing techniques (PMT) and health-related claims) of unhealthy food advertisements (ads) targeted at children (3 –11 years) on the six most-watched television (TV) channels in Guatemala. We recorded 864 h of video on the six most popular channels featuring children’s programmes. We classified food and beverage ads as permitted or non-permitted for marketing to children, according to the 2015 World Heal th Organisation (WHO) nutrient profile. Furthermore, we also analysed PMT (i.e. premium offers, promotional characte...
Source: Health Promotion International - February 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
