scholarly journals Wheel of Wellbeing (WoW) health promotion program: Australian participants report on their experiences and impacts

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Spain ◽  
Victoria Stewart ◽  
Helen Betts ◽  
Amanda J. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Flexible Resources ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Community-based mental health promotion programs focus on improving individual and community wellbeing by strengthening resilience and building capacity to support positive health outcomes. The Wheel of Wellbeing (WoW) is an example of such a program, promoting activities that support social engagement and positive emotions within a holistic framework underpinned by positive psychology. WoW is intended to be flexibly implemented in each community, training community members who implement behaviour change activities in their local community, workplace and educational settings. Method This study aimed to understand the opinions and experiences of a sample of individuals who had participated in a range of WoW training programs; documenting the impact on participant behaviours and professional practices, and how the WoW framework was subsequently employed within their communities. Using Ripple Effects Mapping evaluation processes to guide a focus group, nine WoW training participants collectively reflected on the program impacts, generating consensus themes and a mind map. Mind map qualitative data were entered into XMIND mapping software and reviewed with the focus group transcription and field notes. Results Thematic analysis identified three themes: increased community involvement and engagement (strengthening community connections); improved health, emotions and behaviour (motivating change to health behaviours); and flexible resources which could be utilised in a range of settings (easily incorporated in the existing organisational cultures). Conclusions The results of this study support the premise that the WoW framework can be an effective framework for guiding wellbeing promotion activities, with participants championing a ‘ripple effect’ across individual, family, friendship, professional and community networks.

Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity: Lessons from the Portland Healthy Eating Active Living (Heal) Coalition

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Everett ◽  
Angie Mejia ◽  
Olivia Quiroz
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Active Living ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Impact

The Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Coalition is a community-based health promotion program begun in 2006 in North Portland's Portsmouth neighborhood. The program seeks to promote community health and prevent childhood obesity by addressing barriers at local, regional and policy levels, with particular attention to the built environment. This article describes the findings of a program evaluation based on interviews with school staff and Latino parents. Important themes include the impact of the closure of a neighborhood school, access to grocery stores with affordable healthy foods, and concern about school meals. The comprehensive approach of programs like HEAL, which uses the socio-ecological model of health promotion, lends itself well to the participation of applied social scientists.

scholarly journals Seniors and Undergraduates Mutually Benefit From an Interprofessional Service-Learning Health Promotion Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 8-8
Author(s):  
Britteny Howell
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Promotion Program

Abstract Although benefits of service-learning and interprofessional education (IPE) have been separately well documented to be effective for students in gerontology and geriatrics courses, few curricula appear to integrate both aspects into a single course for undergraduate students in public health. This poster discusses the development and implementation of a service-learning health promotion program utilizing IPE embedded within two courses in two different departments at a mid-sized university. Students worked in interdisciplinary teams and acquired interprofessional educational learning outcomes while they engaged in their first experiences working with diverse older adults at a low-income, independent-living housing community. Twenty-five students (N=25) each team-taught 2 sessions on nutrition, physical activity, and stress reduction techniques in a 10-week program. Qualitative and quantitative results are presented which demonstrate significant learning outcomes from the students about the health needs of the aging population and increased comfort in working with older adults. Older participants in the program also reported positive health and psychological outcomes from their participation. Limitations, challenges, and next steps are also presented.

COVID-19 and cancer: Strategic health promotion for indigenous Australians during a pandemic.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e24028-e24028
Author(s):  
Carolyn Der Vartanian ◽  
Vivienne Milch ◽  
Gail Garvey ◽  
Cleola Anderiesz ◽  
Jane Salisbury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
The Impact

e24028 Background: Given the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous and ethnic minority populations observed globally, keeping COVID-19 out of vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous Australian) communities remains a priority. Compared to non-Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australians experience disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes due to social disadvantage, increased cancer-related modifiable risk factors, poorer access to health services and lower participation in screening. During the pandemic, cancer-related investigations and treatment reduced significantly in Australia, leading to potential decreases in cancer diagnoses and consequences for future survival outcomes. Concerned about the risk of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 for Indigenous Australians, as well as worsening cancer outcomes, Cancer Australia undertook strategic health promotion initiatives, to inform and support optimal cancer care. Methods: In consultation with respected Indigenous colleagues to ensure cultural appropriateness of language and information, we published a dedicated webpage titled ‘ Cancer and COVID-19 – what it means for our Mob*’ with tailored information, advice, and links to key resources and support services for Indigenous Australians. We also released a video titled ‘ Act early for our Mob’s Health’, providing targeted, culturally appropriate, consumer-friendly information to encourage Indigenous Australians to see their doctor or Aboriginal Health Worker with symptoms that may be due to cancer. Results: The information hub has been well-received among the Indigenous Australian community, receiving over 3,200 visits, and the social media campaigns have received over 1.4 million impressions and 46,000 video views between mid-March 2020 to mid-February 2021. This campaign has supported proactivity among the Indigenous population in keeping their communities safe during the pandemic, maintaining a population rate of COVID-19 of less than one percent of all confirmed cases in Australia. Conclusions: Culturally appropriate information and resources developed through the process of co-design can help to influence positive health behaviour change in Indigenous populations. We predict that our strategic, multi-channel health promotion campaign is contributing to keeping the Indigenous Australian community safe and informed during the pandemic, with additional work needed to monitor cancer rates and outcomes and address the ongoing information needs of the community. *Mob is a colloquial term to identify a group of Indigenous Australians associated with a family or community from a certain place.

scholarly journals Involvement and Multi-Sectoral Collaboration: Applying Principles of Health Promotion during the Implementation of Local Policies and Measures—A Case Study

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Monica Lillefjell ◽  
Ruca Elisa Katrin Maass
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
Action Competence

Five principles for health promotion (HP) stand out in various forms, providing guidance for HP measures and policy implementation: (1) a broad and positive health concept, (2) participation and involvement of key stakeholders, (3) build action and action competence by involving and empowering target groups, (4) a setting perspective, and (5) equity in health. The purpose of this study is to describe, and critically discuss, how the five HP principles can be applied to structure collaboration processes for implementing HP measures in local communities. A case study methodology was applied when investigating how the HP principles guided actions and focus-of-attention throughout the process of implementing a local community HP measure. Of special importance was the broad involvement of stakeholders and the anchoring of overarching, as well as specific, HP goals in the municipal strategic documents to ensure political commitment, ownership, and adequate resources. Direction on how to apply or achieve the HP principles should be further explored, described, and brought into systematic day-to-day work for a better society-development.

The Impact of a Preconceptional Health Promotion Program on Intendedness of Pregnancy

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merry-K. Moos ◽  
Shrikant Bangdiwala ◽  
Anne Meibohm ◽  
Robert Cefalo
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Preconceptional Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intendedness Of Pregnancy

PROM SSCOL – Impact of a Papillomavirus vaccination promotion program in middle school: a study protocol for a cluster controlled trial (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Lien Tran ◽  
Emmanuel Chirpaz ◽  
Malik Boukerrou ◽  
Antoine Bertolotti
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND In Reunion Island, incidence and mortality for uterine cervical cancer is high, yet coverage rate for HPV vaccination is low. OBJECTIVE The main objective of the study is to evaluate, the impact of a health promotion program, promoting HPV vaccination, on the proportion of middle school girls who complete the full HPV vaccination schedule (2 or 3 doses) by the end of school year. METHODS This study is a cluster controlled intervention study using a superiority design. A combined health promotion program will be offered, containing: information to students and parents, training of general practitioners and free school-based vaccination (in a "health bus"). Children who will benefit from this program will constitute the intervention group, and will be compared to children from another middle school who will not benefit from any program, constituting the control group. RESULTS Our hypotheses were as follow : Clear and appropriate information for the target population as well as for their parents, will improve their knowledge about HPV vaccination, and thus increase their adherence to this vaccination ; combining information with vaccination in the school setting will reduce any material obstacles that may prevent the vaccination process; raising awareness among general practitioners will enable them to better understand the benefits and risks of HPV vaccination, and thus encourage families, who naturally trust them, to adhere to the program. CONCLUSIONS Final implication would be an extension of this program in all middle schools of the Island and thus increase HPV vaccination coverage. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04459221

scholarly journals ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION IN PATIENTS WITH MORBID OBESITY AFTER GASTROPLASTY: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilma Carla de Souza PORCELLI ◽  
Nathalia Maciel CORSI ◽  
Marina de Lourdes Calvo FRACASSO ◽  
Renata Corrêa PASCOTTO ◽  
Alexandrina Aparecida Maciel CARDELLI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Tooth Wear ◽  
Salivary Flow ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Oral Health Promotion ◽  
Oral Conditions ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Background: The bariatric surgery may have negative repercussions on oral conditions. Aim: To evaluate the impact of oral health educational/preventive program developed with patients submitted to gastroplasties. Method: The sample consisted of 109 patients randomly allocated to two groups: intervention group (IG), where they participated in the oral health promotion program that include multiple educational-preventive approaches; control group (CG), where they received usual care from the bariatric clinic staff, without participation in the program. The oral conditions investigated in the pre-operative and postoperative periods of one month (1M) and six months (6M) were: dental caries, periodontal disease, tooth wear, dental plaque and salivary flow. Results: After bariatric surgery, patients in IG presented: fewer changes in enamel (6M: p=0.004), dentin (6M: p=0.005) and gingival bleeding (6M: p<0.0001), reduction in plaque index (1M, 6M: p<0.0001) and increased salivary flow (6M: p=0.039), when compared with CG. Incipient tooth wear was recorded in both groups (6M: p=0.713). Conclusion: There was a positive impact of the implemented program in the prevention of the main oral health problems in patients who underwent gastroplasties, contributing to their quality of life.

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