Methodologic Advances and Ongoing Challenges in Designing Community-Based Health Promotion Programs

Nursing Challenges and Barriers to Promotion Health community: Narrative Review

Introduction: Increasing the prevalence of epidemics and epidemiology, as well as the emergence of health threats, can be controlled at preventive levels by using nurses' abilities to promote the health of individuals, families, groups, and populations in the social realm it seems necessary. Methods: A literary search between 2010- 2019 was carried out, and four international databases PubMed, ...

Implementation 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...

Engaging community-based veterans' organizations in health promotion programs.

Community organizations, such as churches, clubs, and senior centers, can be important locations for health programs. However, little is known about the organizational factors that influence participation and engagement in health programs. To learn more, we evaluated a community-based program designed to help US military veterans better manage their high blood pressure. The program involved tra...

ePsychology: Designing Theory-Based Health Promotion Interventions

Economic evaluation of adolescent addiction programs: methodologic challenges and recommendations.

This article identifies and describes several methodologic challenges encountered in economic evaluations of substance abuse interventions for adolescents. Topics include study design, the choice of perspective, the estimation of costs and outcomes, and the generalizability of results. Recommendations are offered for confronting these challenges using examples from research on adolescent substa...