Health Promotion In Hospitals

With pressures from the outside world and theindividuals (patients and staff).
deterioration of environment, more and more people Below are some objectives for health promotion in
advocate living harmoniously and healthily. At thehospitals:
beginning, most health promotion (Defined as the- To change the culture of hospital care towards
process of enabling people to increase control over,interdisciplinary working, transparent decision-making
and improve their health.) activities were driven byand with active involvement of patients and partners.
individuals. But with the initiation of health promoting- Toevaluate health promotion activities in the health
hospitals, the effectiveness of health promotioncare setting and build an evidence-base in this area.
activities in hospitals become vivid.- Toincorporate standards and indicators for health
promotion in existing quality management systems at
The International Network of Health Promotinghospital and at national levels.
Hospitals (HPH) was initiated more than 10 years agoWith a growing international awareness and
with the aim to reorient health care institutions todevelopment of health promotion in hospitals, the
integrate health promotion and education, diseasenumber of hospitals and countries joining the
prevention and rehabilitation services in the curativeInternational Network of Health Promoting Hospitals
care.has increased steadily over time. In the near future, I
Through evidence, hospitals can have a lasting impactbelieve, more and more people will benefit from them.
on influencing the behavior of patients and relatives,If you are further interested in knowing how to make
who are more responsive to health advice in situationshealth promotion video for broadcasting in hospitals,
of experienced ill-health. Health promotion in hospitalsyou can click here, another article written by me on
includes interventions directed at structures andhow to make it with PowerPoint.
processes, as well as interventions directed at