Social Representations of Health Held by Health Professionals: the Case of General Practitioners and Home-care Nurses

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Flick ◽  
Claudia Fischer ◽  
Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz ◽  
Ulla Walter
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Home Care ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
World Health ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
New Public ◽  
Health Concepts

To date, social representations research in the field of health and illness has focused mainly on lay representations of health. In the context of the “New Public Health”, the more general concept of health (instead of the more reduced concept of curing illness) has become a major target for professional work. From this trend, the following research questions can be drawn: do health professionals hold a concept of health? If so, what is the major focus of such a concept? And does it include topics from the New Public Health discourse? Following a short review of the research into social representations of health, some preliminary results of a qualitative research study are presented. This study focused on representations of health held by two groups of professionals - general practitioners and nurses - both working in home care with elderly people in two German cities. The first results of this study found that, in both groups, different types of health concepts can be identified. In both groups, a strong reference was made to the World Health Organization definition. Among other concepts, a relative concept of health was held. The concepts are expressed with reference to the specific clientele of home-care work. The results are discussed with reference to the differences and overlaps with the other research on health concepts.

scholarly journals Kota Sehat sebagai Bentuk Sustainable Communities Best Practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Oedojo Soedirham
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Sustainable Communities ◽  
Healthy City ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Urban Civilization

Kota Sehat merupakan proyek World Health Organization (WHO) yang diluncurkan pada pertengahan tahun 1980-an dengan mengambil tempat untuk yang pertama kali adalah kota-kota di Eropa. Konsep Kota Sehat adalah konsep lama sekaligus baru. “Lama” berarti telah lama manusia berusaha untuk membuat kota lebih sehat sejak awal peradaban perkotaan (urban civilization). “Baru” dalam manifestasinya sebagai satu sarana utama promosi kesehatan – kesehatan masyarakat baru (new public health) – dalam pencarian Sehat untuk Semua (Health for All). Hal tersebut dipandang sebagai “a means of legitimizing, nurturing, and supporting the process of community empowerment”. Artikel ini mengulas Kota Sehat dalam konteks sustainable communities.Kata kunci: Kota sehat, kesehatan masyarakat baru, pemberdayaan, sustainable communitiesAbstractHealthy City is a World Health Organization (WHO) project that launched in mid 1980s with cities at Europe as first attempts. The Healthy City concept is old and new. “Old” means that since the early urban civilization, humanbeing striving for better and healthier places to live. “New” means that it’s one primary manifestation for health promotion – new public health – in seeking “Health for All”. This is seen as “a means of legitimizing, nurturing, and supporting the process of community empowerment”. The paper reviewed Healthy City in sustainable communities context.Key words: Healthy city, new public health, empowerment, sustainable communities

Public Health Ethics: The Voices of Practitioners

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (S4) ◽  
pp. 104-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Gaare Bernheim
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Public Health Ethics ◽  
Health Ethics ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public

Public health ethics is emerging as a new field of inquiry, distinct not only from public health law, but also from traditional medical ethics and research ethics. Public health professional and scholarly attention is focusing on ways that ethical analysis and a new public health code of ethics can be a resource for health professionals working in the field. This article provides a preliminary exploration of the ethical issues faced by public health professionals in day-to-day practice and of the type of ethics education and support they believe may be helpful.

scholarly journals Prevenção primordial, Envelhecimento ativo e Reforma faseada: Um Triângulo Saudável?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Fidalgo Pires
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Ottawa Charter ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public ◽  
Health Organization

Segundo a Carta de Ottawa (Organização Mundial de Saúde, 1986) a Promoção da Saúde consiste no processo que visa criar condições para que as pessoas aumentem a sua capacidade de controlar os fatores determinantes da saúde, no sentido de a melhorar.1 A Prevenção é uma das principais componentes de promoção da saúde e ocupa uma grande dimensão no quotidiano do médico de família, implicando o desenvolvimento de diferentes atividades, que podem ser sistematizadas em três vertentes de ação inter-relacionadas e complementares: Educação para a saúde, Prevenção da doença e Proteção da saúde. Atualmente consideram-se 5 níveis de prevenção, mas para o presente assunto destaco a Prevenção Primordial como forma de evitar o estabelecimento de estilos de vida que se sabem contribuir para um riscoacrescido de doença, contemplando para isso políticas e programas de promoção de determinantes positivos de saúde.2 1. World Health Organization. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. An international conference on health promotion: The move towards a new public health; 1986 Nov 17-21, Ottawa. Ottawa: WHO; 1987.2. Hespanhol AP, Couto L, Martins C. A

PODIPLOMINIŲ STUDIJŲ POREIKIO ĮVERTINIMAS VISUOMENĖS SVEIKATOS SPECIALISTŲ POŽIŪRIU

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Tomas Vaičiūnas ◽  
Aurelija Blaževičienė ◽  
Vaclovas Šveikauskas
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public ◽  
Health Related

This article is an overview of a conducted survey among Public health professionals in 2010. The aim of the study is to examine how Public health professionals assess their knowledge in various areas of public health workforce and what new Public health-related professional competencies they wish to improve most. The object of research – Public health professionals of Kaunas, Siauliai and Marijampole Public health centers and their branches, as well as office workers of Kaunas, Siauliai and Marijampole Public health bureaus. There were 190 questionnaires delivered, 148 questionnaires were filled in and returned by respondents (response rate: 77%). Results. It was estimated that almost half (47.6%) of public health professionals have an opportunity to improve their professional skills. Public health experts indicated the greatest lack of knowledge at the following fields: the analysis and explanation (interpretation) of basic health indicators; public health epidemiological data evaluation; a research data analysis and health economic data assessment. As the most common method to improve the professional competence, 69.2% respondents chose a few trusty tools - various workshops or studied independently (internet, textbooks or other literature).

scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic, Disparity and Vaccine: An Update

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-03
Author(s):  
Prabir Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public ◽  
Health Organization

Coronaviruses are a diverse group of viruses infecting many different animals, and they can cause mild to severe respiratory infections in humans. In 2002 and 2012, respectively, two highly pathogenic coronaviruses with zoonotic origin, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), emerged in humans and caused fatal respiratory illness, making emerging coronaviruses a new public health concern in the twenty-first century1. In early December 2019, an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), occurred in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. On January 30, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. As of February 14, 2020, 49,053 laboratory-confirmed and 1,381 deaths have been reported globally.

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