public healthObjective: to identify the main features of the theories and theoretical models used in the articles published by the Revista de Salud P煤blica (Public Health Journal) of the National University of Colombia. Methods: in February 2005 all the numbers published by the journal from ...
Health education is generally aligned with the behavioral and social sciences as one of the core dimensions of public health study and practice. Additionally, the field draws from theories and models from education, health studies, communications, and other diverse areas. The unique combination of ...
Psychological understandings and individualistic theories of human behaviour and behaviour change have dominated both academic research and interventions at the 'coalface' of public health. Meanwhile, efforts to understand persistent inequalities in health point to structural factors, but fail to show exact...
Also, this will enable policymakers to formulate appropriate policy statements concerning the control and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection among adolescents in schools. Theories and models are very important conceptual resources in health education research and intervention programmes, such as in ...
To have a connection between theories and practice, we use readings and cases to explore professionalism, ethical challenges associated with review of research protocols by RECs, informed consent, notions of risks and benefits, the distribution of health resources nationally and internationally, and ...
Public Health Professionals P.Dhavan,K.S.Reddy, inInternational Encyclopedia of Public Health, 2008 Other Professionals in Public Health Public health nursing The American Public Health Association defines public health nursing as the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using kn...
This chapter describes some origins ofpublic health,cardiovascular medicine, and the future perspectives of health practitioners in integrative cardiovascularChinese medicine. The section onhistory of public healthdescribes early public health theories and how those perspectives influenced the changes necessary ...
"The major causes of death in the world are heart attack, stroke, and cancer. The main contributing factors for chronic diseases complications are unhealthy behaviors; so, health behavior change has become imperative in the world today. There are several models and theories for health behavior cha...
Public health has historically been concerned with eliminating factors associated with disease, disability, and early mortality, whereas leisure studies has emerged from the need to create and manage recreational opportunities and promote leisure activities and experiences. Coincidently, both fields have prog...
for the health service with nurses expected to play a central role. Written using clear language this book explains what health promotion is and how it interacts with public health. It shows how health promotion can be implemented while drawing on the main theories, models and evidence tha.....