Using Critical Reflection to Support Health Promotion Goals in Palliative Care

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Fook ◽  
Allan Kellehear
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Critical Reflection

scholarly journals On the nature of programs: health promotion programs as action

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Potvin
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Causal Mechanisms ◽  
Natural Objects ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
Empirical Realism

Assuming that sound methodological indications regarding the evaluation of health promotion programs should be rooted in a critical reflection on the nature of health promotion programs, this paper reviews two traditional ontological perspectives at the basis of most scientific activity. While empirical realism conceptualises programs as natural objects, idealism and relativism strictly confine programs in the realm of representations and models. Both ontological perspectives however are unsatisfying for health promotion programs. It is suggested that critical realism which proposes a three-layer ontology offers a better framework for conceiving health promotion programs. In this ontology, the nature of programs lies in actions undertaken to create the conditions by which social causal mechanisms are triggered. Ultimately locating programs in the realm of practice.

A missing ethical competency? A review of critical reflection in health promotion

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Tretheway ◽  
Jane Taylor ◽  
Lily O'Hara ◽  
Nikki Percival
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Critical Reflection
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