BACKGROUND Community health services in China have developed over the last few decades. In order to use limited health resources more effectively, we conducted a community health needs assessment. This aimed to provide an understanding of the community's health problems and the range of potential factors affecting risk behaviours for the priority health problems. METHODS We used the precede-p...

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to assess the community capacity building ability of health promotion workers of public health centers and to identify influential factors to the ability. METHODS The subjects were 43 public officers from 16 public health centers in Busan Metropolitan City. Questionnaire was developed based on 'Community Capacity Building Tool' of Public Health Agency of Ca...

OBJECTIVE To develop a community-specific perspective of health information sources and dissemination strategies of urban Inuit to better guide health promotion efforts. METHODS Through a collaborative partnership with the Tungasuvvingat Inuit Family Resource Centre, a series of key informant interviews and focus groups were conducted to gather information on specific sources of health inform...

Foundations and government agencies have historically played a critical role in supporting community-based health promotion programs. Increased access to health promotion funding may help address significant health issues existing within American Indian (AI) communities, such as childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Understanding the capacity of AI communities to succe...

OBJECTIVES To explore the association between health literacy and levels of three types of core activities among health promotion volunteers (developing a healthy lifestyle, outreach to family, and outreach to community members). STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional, anonymous, self-administered postal survey of registered health promotion volunteers in the Konan area in Shiga Prefecture in Japan, ...

Workplace health promotion may be defined as the application of the concepts, principles and strategies enshrined in the Ottawa Charter to both the ‘community’ of employees and managers, and to the organizational and environmental aspects of the workplace itself [World Health Organization (WHO, 1991)]. The workplace is seen as a natural setting in which to reach individuals (Chu et al., 1997). ...

Background Although allergy affects thousands of people, economic and social costs with allergic diseases are still neglected. The model of primary health care (PHC) is based on the premise that prevention and health promotion are key. The community health workers (CHWs) are necessarily native community in which it operates, thus having a strong bond with the users of the health service. They a...

PURPOSE This study aimed to develop a job description for healthcare managers of metabolic syndrome management programs using task analysis. METHODS Exploratory research was performed by using the Developing a Curriculum method, the Intervention Wheel model, and focus group discussions. Subsequently, we conducted a survey of 215 healthcare workers from 25 community health centers to verify th...