Components of Health Promotion

Study Notes

Components of Health Promotion

Health education: Providing individuals and communities with info and skills to make informed health decisions.
- Activities: Nutrition workshops in schools, distributing physical activity pamphlets, online health courses, mental health awareness webinars.
Health policy and legislation: Laws, regulations, and policies establishing a supportive environment for health promotion, ensuring public health is prioritized.
- Activities: National smoking ban, tax on sugary drinks, workplace safety regulations, mandatory vaccination policies.
Community participation: Involving the community in decision-making, ensuring programs are tailored, culturally relevant, and sustainable.
- Activities: Town hall meetings, community garden projects, participatory health needs assessments, neighborhood fitness challenges.
Supportive environments: Modifying the physical, social, and economic surroundings to encourage healthy behaviors.
- Activities: Comprehensive health programs in schools, green spaces and pedestrian-friendly areas, improving access to public transport, workplace wellness programs.
Empowerment: Enabling individuals and communities to gain control over factors that affect their health.
- Activities: Leadership training programs, self-monitoring tools, peer-support groups, public forums.
Social marketing: Using marketing techniques to influence health-related behavior change.
- Activities: Anti-smoking campaign using media platforms, vaccination campaigns, physical activity challenges, promoting healthy eating and water consumption.

Sites for Health Promotion Activities

Healthcare Settings:
- Activities: Home visits by nurses, telehealth services (virtual consultations), family health promotion.
Religious and Faith-Based Organizations:
- Activities: Health awareness campaigns during services, blood drives and health fairs, spiritual and mental well-being workshops.
Public Spaces (Parks, Markets, Malls):
- Activities: Fitness initiatives in parks, health kiosks in malls, farmers' markets.
Media and Digital Platforms:
- Activities: Health apps, social media campaigns, television and radio broadcasts, webinars and virtual workshops.
Correctional Facilities:
- Activities: Health education programs, substance abuse treatment, mental health support.
Community-Based Organizations (NGOs):
- Activities: Immunization campaigns, water and sanitation projects, gender-based violence prevention programs.