Health Promotion Programs Not Easily Categorized
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Health promotion programs not easily categorized.
The article by Gore and Kotari in the January/February issue of the Canadian Journal of Public Health1 highlighted the difference between environmental and structural approaches to improving health and reducing health inequities through an analysis of Farm to School health promotion initiatives. Unfortunately, the article implied that structural approaches (i.e., system level policy changes) ar...
متن کاملA framework for evaluating health promotion programs.
Evaluation of health promotion interventions is essential in order to collect evidence about the efficacy of a program, identify ways to improve practice, justify the use of resources, and identify unexpected outcomes. This paper clarifies the role of evaluation as a crucial component of health promotion interventions. Moreover, it summarises the key elements of the most widely used planning/ev...
متن کاملImplementation challenges in worksite health promotion programs.
challenges that occur during planning, development, implementation, and evaluation efforts. In this commentary, we focus on implementation challenges faced by employers— issues that must be addressed after an organization has made a commitment to offering a worksite health promotion program. Of course, initial support from top management must be secured. But evidence suggests that management su...
متن کاملDo workplace health promotion (wellness) programs work?
OBJECTIVE To respond to the question, "Do workplace health promotion programs work?" METHODS A compilation of the evidence on workplace programs' effectiveness coupled with recommendations for critical review of outcome studies. Also, reviewed are recent studies questioning the value of workplace programs. RESULTS Evidence accumulated over the past three decades shows that well-designed and...
متن کاملCan health promotion programs save Medicare money?
The impact of an aging population on escalating US healthcare costs is influenced largely by the prevalence of chronic disease in this population. Consequently, preventing or postponing disease onset among the elderly has become a crucial public health issue. Fortunately, much of the total burden of disease is attributable to conditions that are preventable. In this paper, we address whether we...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.3934