Significance of Health Promotion
Health promotion, as highlighted across various disciplines, involves enabling individuals to increase control over and improve their health. This encompasses a wide range of strategies, from dietary and lifestyle adjustments in Ayurveda to community-based interventions and environmental modifications. It emphasizes preventive measures, education, and the creation of supportive environments to foster well-being and prevent disease across diverse populations and settings. The ultimate goal is to empower individuals and communities to achieve optimal health.
Synonyms: Health enhancement, Health education, Wellness promotion, Preventive health, Health improvement, Disease prevention, Public health campaigns, Health awareness, Community health improvement
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Hindu concept of 'Health Promotion'
Health promotion in Hinduism encompasses Ayurvedic principles like toxin removal and Dosha balance, alongside practices like yoga and proper nutrition. It aims to empower individuals to control and improve their health, prevent disease, and enhance overall well-being through integrated approaches.
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) Health promotion and longevity are achieved through measures that prevent diseases and noncommunicable diseases, with Ayurveda emphasizing Rasayana (Rejuvenation) or Jarachikitsa to promote healthy longevity.[1] (2) Health promotion is a key aspect of Ayurveda, blended with sound principles of diagnosis to ensure well-being and prevent diseases, as highlighted in the observational study.[2] (3) Ayurveda emphasizes this concept through proper diet and lifestyle, it is not just a system of medicine for treating diseases.[3] (4) This is a concept that Ashtanga Yoga is useful for, along with its significance in women's health.[4] (5) Health promotion is a goal described in ancient texts, where the role and importance of Tailabhyanga are listed according to the health promotion of children, and the practice is vital for well-being.[5]
From: International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
(1) A concept that, in Ayurveda, is based on removing Ama (toxins), restoring cellular nutrition, promoting full elimination, and restoring Dosha balance.[6] (2) This involves promoting Yoga as an intervention in schools, workplaces, civil society, non-governmental organizations, and communities for the prevention and management of diseases.[7] (3) Virechana helps with health promotion in addition to helping to eliminate doshas from the body.[8] (4) This involves activities that improve and maintain overall well-being.[9] (5) A benefit of herbs, described in Ayurveda, along with longevity.[10]
From: Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine
(1) This concept is enriched by an understanding of the Panchamahabhutas, Tridosha theory, ecological health concepts, yoga, and nutrition from Ayurveda.[11]
The concept of Health Promotion in scientific sources
Health promotion encompasses strategies to improve well-being and prevent disease through education, lifestyle adjustments, and environmental changes. It empowers individuals and communities to control and enhance their health, playing a key role in various healthcare initiatives.
From: African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
(1) Every household is visited annually for health promotion and assessment, indicating the importance of preventative measures.[12] (2) Health promotion activities, including talks, pamphlets, posters, and videos, are utilized in clinics for diabetes education, but the availability of patient education material, such as books and booklets, was generally poor.[13] (3) Health promotion is a principle derived that is part of the COPC model, which is a systematic approach to community engagement with demonstrated positive health benefits for communities worldwide.[14] (4) One of the practice categories for all childbearing women and infants within a framework is that education, information and health promotion should be rendered by midwives.[15] (5) Health promotion and education are necessary to improve parents' understanding of fungal skin infections and encourage appropriate health-seeking behavior for their children.[16]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) A focus at the primary care level, including disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitative, and palliative services, within the context of comprehensive healthcare services.[17] (2) Is emphasized in the training of South African medical students in Cuba, ideally preparing graduates to work in community health centers and district hospitals.[18] (3) Efforts should also consider the influence of peers, parents, and members of the community, who may be regarded as role models for some adolescents.[19] (4) A study was done on caregiver burden and health promotion.[20] (5) Community-orientated primary care is comprehensive in terms of the approach to health needs in a way that embraces this.[21]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) Health promotion is related to theory and application, and one’s belief in health is partly formed by intellectual variables which consist of knowledge.[22] (2) There was a decrease in budgetary allocations in it and infectious disease prevention, which partly accounted for the poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) performance in counties and sub-counties.[23] (3) The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Religious leaders have a role in this for older Mexicans with diabetics.[24] (4) Sending messages regularly would be a very easy and cheap way to achieve this.[25] (5) The services rendered by the CHO includes family planning, immunizations, treatment of minor ailments, antenatal and post-natal care, and this and education.[26]
From: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
(1) It is an important element of practice, but was not emphasized during supervision.[27] (2) Physiotherapy students as future advocates, promoting healthy behaviours and acting as role models.[28] (3) This refers to the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and the text mentions that there might be an opportunity to utilize physiotherapy technicians or community rehabilitation workers in this area.[29] (4) This is mentioned as an area where physiotherapists should be involved, alongside health education and preventative strategies, rather than just discussing such actions.[30] (5) Health promotion is a key aspect of the study, and the study findings imply that a health-promoting intervention adjusted for age and gender is urgently required.[31]
From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
(1) This is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health, which the study emphasizes the importance of in community health services.[32] (2) This is the process of actions that improve a person's health and has been a focus when studying stingless bee honey.[33] (3) These are initiatives designed to raise awareness and knowledge about health, with the goal of improving individual and community health outcomes.[34] (4) This is the process of enabling people to increase control over their health, and PGHD can be used to promote healthy lifestyles.[35] (5) This is a proactive approach to healthcare that emphasizes preventative measures, and is crucial for healthy aging and disease prevention, focusing on lifestyle and habits.[36]
From: South African Journal of HIV Medicine
(1) Whether this or disease prevention, HIV is common, serious, preventable and treatable, yet many did not seem to think it mattered.[37] (2) The process of promoting the adoption of health strategies, with behavioral change being an important instrument in this process, especially concerning male circumcision.[38] (3) This encompasses activities and initiatives designed to improve people's health, and is suggested as a strategy to encourage condom use. The study suggests that these activities, including media promotions, could be effective in increasing condom usage among the drivers.[39] (4) Activities that encourage people to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors, which can improve overall health and reduce the risk of HIV transmission and disease progression.[40] (5) This involves efforts to improve health and well-being, often through education and policy changes.[41]
From: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
(1) People opt for herbal drugs for this reason, among others.[42] (2) Phenolic compounds are known as utmost capable molecules for research in the field of human health promotion.[43] (3) The combination of probiotics and other dietary substances has been the subject of reestablished interest in this area due to their capacity to improve gastrointestinal wellbeing.[44] (4) It is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.[45] (5) Efforts that are conducted in an uncoordinated and ineffective manner through social media in Saudi Arabia.[46]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) Tea polyphenols for this.[47] (2) Flavonoids, abundant in plants, attract attention due to this and disease prevention effects.[48] (3) Some programs for health promotion are important for mothers to provide them with information about the risk of stillbirth.[49] (4) The text references a salutogenic model being a theory to guide health promotion efforts.[50] (5) Antiproliferation agents extracted from green microalgae help in this.[51]
From: Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
(1) Communities had inadequate access to social services and information on anthrax, leading to poor health promotion-seeking behaviors, such as not having cattle vaccinated.[52]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) It is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health, often integrated into workplace safety policies.[53] (2) It is supported by the scale of and the rising interest towards allotment gardening, which has great potential to promote healthy lifestyles for urban communities.[54] (3) Health promotion strategies, tailored to the cultural context of Saudi Arabia, are essential for increasing awareness about breast cancer and encouraging women to participate in screening programs.[55] (4) Health promotion deals with activities that aim to inform society about possible ways and alternatives for disease prevention, improve the knowledge of individuals and motivate them to change the wrong way of life.[56] (5) Public sport clubs promote health through physical activity, as this is one of the main goals of the club's existence.[57]
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) Health promotion and preventative advice for different sex and age groups is important to expand globally, helping to improve the relationship between physical activity and mood states.[58] (2) It is related to the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion and behavioral change, affecting consumer behavior and engagement.[59] (3) A field whose models and theories have been applied to study the effect of interventions on households, focusing on raising awareness and promoting healthier lifestyles.[60] (4) Involves the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health, often through community activities, local government policies, and citizen participation.[61] (5) Health promotion supports the continuation of education about tourism, behavioral changes in lifestyle, physical activity promotion, physical conditioning, as well as related mental conditioning.[62]
From: South African Journal of Psychiatry
(1) Health promotion is a goal of the Institutional Program on Psychiatry for the Person, which aims to assist the patient in fulfilling their life project.[63] (2) This refers to activities aimed at improving health, which the study suggests should integrate strategies related to tobacco use prevention and control.[64] (3) The programs and education targeted at all adolescents, and the interventions that are essential in this group to reduce the health risks and disease burden, especially related to cannabis use.[65] (4) The process of enabling people to increase control over their health, including education about sexual health and HIV prevention, which is crucial for the mentally ill population.[66] (5) The text lists this as a facilitator to managing people living with mental illness, as well as highlighting the importance of mental health awareness, and education to improve attitudes and reduce stigma.[67]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) Health promotion involves efforts to increase community knowledge and skills in providing basic life assistance to improve life safety.[68]