Health Promotion Essay
Health Promotion
In this reflection essay I will discuss about health promotion activity which took place during my placement in St’Clare Centre ,Glassnevin, Ballymun. Health promotion allows one to empower and educate individuals to make lifestyle choices and changes to promote their health and help prevent disease (Naidoo and Wills 2000). This can be challenging when individual health beliefs differ. According to Whitehead (2004) the concept changes with demands, it is delivered by health workers but has become politically driven as the nation’s health changes. As a consequence strategies for health promotion can be influenced by the financial demands . According to Irish cancer society(2000) , seven thousand deaths annually are attributed …show more content…
[online].Available from:http://www.irishcancersociety.ie
[Accessed 24 Febuary 2012]
Carlebach S. & Hamilton J. (2009) Understanding the nurse’s role in smoking cessation. British Journal of Nursing 18 (11), pp. 672-676.
Department of Health (DH) (2004) Choosing Health; Making healthy choices easier[online] Department of Health, London. Available from: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Choosinghealth/index.htm [Accessed 27th February 2012]
Gibbs G. 1988. Learning by doing: a guide to teaching and learning methods. Oxford Further Education Unit, Oxford.
Haas F. & S. Sperber Haas (2000) The Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema Handbook. John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York.
Naidoo J. & Wills J. (2000) Health Promotion Foundations for Practice. Ballière Tindall, London. Owens ,J. (2001). A critical incident study of Nurses’ responses to the spiritual needs of their Patients. The Journal of Advanced Nursing 33 (4), pp. 446-455.
National Emphysema Foundation (2006). COPD – What is it? [online] Available from: http://emphysema foundation.org/copdcbro.jsp#COPDWhatNational [Accessed February 28th
In this reflection essay I will discuss about health promotion activity which took place during my placement in St’Clare Centre ,Glassnevin, Ballymun. Health promotion allows one to empower and educate individuals to make lifestyle choices and changes to promote their health and help prevent disease (Naidoo and Wills 2000). This can be challenging when individual health beliefs differ. According to Whitehead (2004) the concept changes with demands, it is delivered by health workers but has become politically driven as the nation’s health changes. As a consequence strategies for health promotion can be influenced by the financial demands . According to Irish cancer society(2000) , seven thousand deaths annually are attributed …show more content…
[online].Available from:http://www.irishcancersociety.ie
[Accessed 24 Febuary 2012]
Carlebach S. & Hamilton J. (2009) Understanding the nurse’s role in smoking cessation. British Journal of Nursing 18 (11), pp. 672-676.
Department of Health (DH) (2004) Choosing Health; Making healthy choices easier[online] Department of Health, London. Available from: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Choosinghealth/index.htm [Accessed 27th February 2012]
Gibbs G. 1988. Learning by doing: a guide to teaching and learning methods. Oxford Further Education Unit, Oxford.
Haas F. & S. Sperber Haas (2000) The Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema Handbook. John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York.
Naidoo J. & Wills J. (2000) Health Promotion Foundations for Practice. Ballière Tindall, London. Owens ,J. (2001). A critical incident study of Nurses’ responses to the spiritual needs of their Patients. The Journal of Advanced Nursing 33 (4), pp. 446-455.
National Emphysema Foundation (2006). COPD – What is it? [online] Available from: http://emphysema foundation.org/copdcbro.jsp#COPDWhatNational [Accessed February 28th