Feeding the Australian family: challenges for mothers, nutrition and equity
AbstractAustralian women shoulder the bulk of household duties including family food provisioning, despite increasing participation in the workforce. This research aimed to understand employed mothers ’ daily-lived experience of family food provisioning, in particular, the intersection between family food provisioning, gender inequality and nutritional guidelines as they impact women’s time and health. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 employed mothers in South Australia. Part icipants had at least one child aged less than 13 years. Qualitative data was analysed using a thematic content approach. Time-s...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
‘Not in the room, but the doctors were’: an Australian story-completion study about consumer representation
This study compares understandings of consumer representatives’ and health professionals’ participation in decision-making processes in the mental health sector in Australia. Story completion methods were employed, with 34 participants (21 consumers, 8 health professionals and 5 people identifying both as consumer and health professional) completing a story stem about either a consumer representative or a health professional changing a committee meeting agenda. Using a thematic approach, three overarching themes w ere developed: how consumer representative roles remain unvalued, how such lack of value translates to not...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Equipping youth for meaningful policy engagement: an environmental scan
AbstractTo better address the mental health and substance use crises facing youth globally, a comprehensive approach, inclusive of mental health promotion is needed. A key component of mental health promotion is policy intervention to address the social and structural determinants of health. Importantly, youth should be engaged in these efforts to maximize relevancy and impact. Yet, while there is growing interest in the inclusion of youth in the policymaking process, there is a paucity of guidance on how to do this well. This environmental scan reports findings from a comprehensive search of academic and grey literature t...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Variables affecting first-year student commitment during the transition to college in Ireland
This study explores the need to incorporate well-being as a predictor in traditionally academically focused models of student persistence during the transition to college. A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted with 574 first-year students aged 17 –22 years attending a university in Ireland to examine the effect of student persistence and well-being variables on student commitment during the transition to college. This study highlights the connection between student academic, social and well-being variables during the transition to college within the fitted models that emerged from the data. Student well-being ...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Conceptualizing the ‘whole university’ approach: an international qualitative study
AbstractFocusing on the conceptualization of a whole university approach, this paper reports on an international qualitative study that explored vice-chancellors ’ and network members’ understanding of and commitment to Health Promoting Universities, examined perspectives on leadership and investigated the Okanagan Charter’s potential to catalyse whole university leadership and change. A multi-method qualitative approach was used: semi-structured inter views and focus groups were conducted face-to-face with vice-chancellors (n = 12) and Health Promoting University co-ordinators who were members of the UK Healthy Univ...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A review of assessment indicators used by Healthy Municipalities and Communities Program in Latin America and the Caribbean region
AbstractThe Healthy Municipalities and Communities Strategy (HMCS) was developed by the Pan American Health Organization in 1990. Evaluation and monitoring are fundamental components of health promotion policies. The aim of this study is to explore the indicators used in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries to assess the performance of HMCS. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS, BVSDE and Google Advanced Search for documents published between January 2000 and April 2016. We included only documents with assessment indicators of the strategy. All articles were independently assessed for eligibility by pairs of revi...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 13, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Psychological effects of outdoor activity in type 2 diabetes: a review
AbstractPrevious research has shown individuals living with type 2 diabetes are more likely to experience depression, anxiety and reduced quality of life (QoL) in comparison to those without the disease. Physical activity has been highlighted as an important factor in improving physiological and psychological parameters in this population. Previous systematic reviews have found mixed results regarding the effects of exercise on psychological problems. Green exercise is an emerging research area with mounting evidence demonstrating positive effects on mental health. Objectives of the current review investigated whether cond...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Developing dementia-friendly pharmacies in Austria: a health promotion approach
AbstractThe need for integrated, accessible and person-centred care for people with dementia to foster quality of life and facilitate life in the community has been voiced by health policy. Pharmacies have the potential to provide easily accessible information and support for people with dementia, caregivers and the public. The ‘Dementia-friendly Pharmacy’ programme aimed at re-orienting community pharmacy in Austria, focusing on stronger inclusion of professional counselling into core services. It followed principles of health promotion and person-centred care, aiming at empowering all actors involved, and at fosterin...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Key aspects for the sustainable coordination of a process to facilitate holistic well-being in South African schools
AbstractA holistic well-being approach, understood as an approach that pays attention to the promotion of individual, relational and collective well-being in a particular context, is proposed as a way to address the fragmented nature in which mental health and well-being programmes are implemented in school communities in South Africa. The goal of this paper is to indicate key aspects for sustainable coordination of a process to facilitate holistic well-being in South African schools. Research was conducted in six South African schools with the aim of developing an integrated, multilevel process to facilitate holistic well...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Recreation centre managers ’ perceptions of pricing interventions to promote healthy eating
AbstractRetailers have the capacity to improve the food and beverage environment by making healthier options more affordable and attractive for their consumers. The perspectives of retailers on feasible and acceptable pricing strategies are not known. The aim of this study was to understand retailers ’ perceptions of factors that are relevant to feasible and acceptable health-promoting food and beverage pricing interventions. A convenience sample of 11 aquatic and recreation centre managers in Victoria, Australia was recruited to participate in semi-structured interviews. We took a pragmatic a pproach with the aim of und...
Source: Health Promotion International - July 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Together stronger: boundary work within an Australian systems-based prevention initiative
AbstractComplexity and systems science are increasingly used to devise interventions to address health and social problems. Boundaries are important in systems thinking, as they bring attention to the power dynamics that guide decision-making around the framing of a situation, and how it is subsequently tackled. Using complexity theory as an analytical frame, this qualitative exploratory study examined boundary interactions between local government and community health organizations during the operationalization of a systems-based initiative to prevent obesity and chronic diseases (Healthy Together Communities —HTCs) in ...
Source: Health Promotion International - June 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Towards healthy settings for people with intellectual disabilities
This study aims to conceptualize healthy settings for people with ID by conducting an international and multidisciplinary concept mapping study. As theoretical framework the settings approach, an ecological model with a whole system focus toward health promotion, was used. The integrative mixed-methods approach of this study involved concept mapping with researchers specialized in healthcare for people with ID and researchers specialized in healthy settings. The 41 participants generated statements that were later sorted and rated. Findings encompass 13 clusters relating to the social environment, the physical environment ...
Source: Health Promotion International - June 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Towards health equity and social justice: an applied framework of decolonization in health promotion
We present characteristics of the framework, its values for health promotion transformations and considerations for using the framework in health promotion practice. The framework will help health promotion stakeholders attend to colonizing structures within the field and engage with communities to achieve social justice and health equity. (Source: Health Promotion International)
Source: Health Promotion International - June 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Healthy urban planning: an institutional policy analysis of strategic planning in Sydney, Australia
AbstractRapid urbanization requires health promotion practitioners to understand and engage with strategic city planning. This policy analysis research investigated how and why health was taken up into strategic land use planning in Sydney, Australia, between 2013 and 2018. This qualitative study develops two case studies of consecutive instances of strategic planning in Sydney. Data collection was done via in-depth stakeholder interviews (n = 11) and documentary analysis. Data collection and analysis revolved around core categories underpinning policy institutions (actors, structures, ideas, governance and power) to d...
Source: Health Promotion International - June 23, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Water risk perceptions across the life-course of women in Kenya
AbstractInadequate access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) exposes many vulnerable populations, especially women and girls, to preventable diseases around the world. This paper reports findings from a photovoice project that explored water-related risk perceptions and health outcomes among women in Nyanchwa, Kenya. Thirteen women in four age categories were recruited for this study in July 2016 using the ‘snowball’ technique. From the results, inadequate access to WaSH was associated with increased water collection burden on women and children; environmental pollution; poor educational outcomes; loss of time due...
Source: Health Promotion International - June 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
