Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

wellness promotion and Disease legal communityHealth Promotion is the operation of motivating people and empowering communities to adapt keepstyle and behavioural channelizes to improve their health. This process involves various interventions to reach individuals, high-risk groups, communities, health sectors and law makers to engage in adapting behaviours intercourse to improved health and wellness.Disease Prevention concentrates on ways or strategies to lessen the risk of growing continual illnesses and other incidence of morbidities. It consists of different levels of legal community that involves measures to eradicate diseases, diagnose diseases, learn the causal factors and signs to look after, treatment, rehabilitation and reduction of disability to live a normal lifestyle as possible.Health girdion and disease prevention addresses different health determinants (personal, social, environmental, economic factors) that affect health status which changes manageable risk behaviours.There are different approaches for health procession 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) Social/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, people should understand why an area of concern is evidential and that the practices different from their current ones need to be pursued.I. Initiatives for Disease Prevention (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Prevention)Primary PreventionIt focuses on preventing the onset of the diseases. That means minimizing exposure to hazards and increase franchise/resistance to diseases that can affect an individuals health. Of all the disease prevention levels, primary prevention targets larger populations.ExampleHealth campaigns, encouraging children with regula r tooth brushing to invalidate tooth decay, improving physical activities, mass media campaigns. Increasing knowledge through grooming. 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 DetectionIt aims to detect diseases before any manifestations and early treatment to control the progress of the disease. Hence, reduce complications and preventing relapse. Interventions include early diagnosis through screening and teaching people early signs of disease and what symptoms to watch for.ExampleRegular GP visits, routine blood sugar monitoring, screening tests (Pap Smear, Newborn Screening, HIV, Blood tests, Colonoscopy, Mammography), chemoprophylaxis to prevent infection (administering antibiotics)Tertiary PreventionIt is concerned o n rehabilitation and reduce disability for re/irreversible conditions and late stage diseases. The goal of tertiary prevention is to improve a persons quality of life, providing comfort, and reduce suffering.Example Physical therapy, Cardiac rehabilitation future(a) heart surgery (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), stroke rehabilitation, follow-up examinations to identify metastasis, support groups, hospice care, palliative care. Continuous research for better treatment.II. Initiatives for Health Promotion startes (Medical, Lifestyle Behavioural, Social/Political, Environmental, Educational Empowerment)Lifestyle Behavioural ApproachIt aims to influence high risk people of developing sedentary lifestyle to adapt powerful lifestyle to improve health. This approach implies that each individual is responsible for their health.ExampleHealth promotions about proper nutrition, adequate rest, increase physical activity. Smoking and contentedness cessation programs. Mass media c ampaigns. Community centres providing various physical activity programs open to localsEducational Empowerment ApproachIt provides people thorough information and hones their decision making skills to choose healthy living. With great 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 rather than individuals. It requires support from the policy makers to formulate and implement policies to promote health. The commitment of the g everyplacenment to promote health policies get out engage the people in the implementation of the said policies.ExampleNo smoking policy in public areas, within school, hospital, and work premises. Increasing revenue enhancement on cigarettes/tobacco and alcoholic beverages. Anti-sm oking 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.ConclusionDisease prevention compliments health promotion efforts. Prevention is more 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 hospitalisation 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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