scholarly journals A Comparison between the Predictors of Vaccine Uptake Intentions for Influenza and Dengue

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2694
Author(s):  
Chitra Panchapakesan ◽  
Anita Sheldenkar ◽  
Ysa Cayabyab ◽  
Janelle Ng ◽  
Jiahui Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Perceived Susceptibility ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Public Health Promotion ◽  
Permanent Residents

Infectious diseases have a huge health and economic burden globally. Vaccination has been found to be a crucial health intervention for diseases. The study aims to compare the drivers of vaccine uptake for influenza and dengue, and to understand the key drivers within each of the diseases in predicting vaccine uptake intentions. Data were collected from 1000 Singaporeans and Singapore permanent residents between the ages of 21 and 70 through face to face surveys. Overall, intention to get vaccinated was low for both diseases. Comparing the means between the knowledge and perceptions regarding influenza and dengue and their vaccine uptake intentions, perceived susceptibility was significantly higher for influenza than dengue; and perceived severity, knowledge of the disease, and benefits of the vaccine were significantly higher for dengue. Looking at the key drivers within the diseases, perceived susceptibility towards the diseases and benefits of the vaccine were positively associated with vaccination uptake intentions for influenza and dengue. Perceived barriers towards the vaccine were negatively associated with vaccine uptake for dengue. Programs conducted for public health promotion should focus on increasing the public’s awareness of the susceptibility and seriousness of the diseases, and the benefits of getting vaccinated.

The Experience in Organizing and Conducting the Analysis of Data on Nutrition of School-Aged Children in the Sverdlovsk Region within the Federal Public Health Promotion Project

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
NA Moiseeva ◽  
IL Kholstinina ◽  
MF Knyazeva ◽  
TV Mazhaeva ◽  
OL Malykh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
School Meals ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Public Health Promotion

Introduction: Implementation of the Federal Public Health Promotion Project should raise awareness and develop skills of healthy nutrition in children, thus contributing to disease prevention. Our objective was to evaluate the results of pilot nutrition monitoring in school-aged children of the Sverdlovsk Region as part of the Federal Public Health Promotion Project and the National Demography Project. Results: We established that school meals were generally satisfactory: the rations complied with physiological needs of children in terms of their nutritional value, basic nutrients, energy, and distribution of calories by main meals. We noted differences in the cost and nutritional value of meals and the variety of dishes and foodstuffs used between urban and rural areas. As a rule, pupils have one or two school meals a day. Outside of school, their consumption of dairy products and fruit is limited. Conclusions: Our findings may promote the elaboration of municipal programs aimed, inter alia, at changing the amount of sugar and salt used in the manufacture of public catering products, the cost of dishes with a high content of sugar, saturated fats, and salt, and subsidies on healthy nutrition.

Analisis Faktor Perilaku Lansia Dengan Penyakit Kronis Berdasarkan Health Belief Model Di Puskesmas

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Ellia Ariesti ◽  
Felisitas A. Sri S ◽  
Elizabeth Y. Y. Vinsur ◽  
Kristianto D. N
Keyword(s):  
Health Belief Model ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Susceptibility ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Belief Model

ABSTRAK Proses menua sering dikaitkan dengan insiden penyakit kronik seiring dengan penurunan kondisi fisik, psikologis, maupun sosial serta berkurangnya daya tahan tubuh dalam menghadapi pengaruh luar dari ketahanan tubuhnya. Banyak permasalahan timbul dari kondisi kronis di lansia karena meningkatnya jumlah lansia. Pengontrolan maupun pencegahan menuju kondisi lebih parah dapat dilakukan melalui gaya hidup sehat. Salah satu model yang dikembangkan untuk melihat faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi tindakan seseorang untuk mencari upaya hidup sehat adalah model kepercayaan kesehatan atau Health Belief Model. Tujuan penelitian mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku lansia dengan penyakit kronis dalam mengatasi penyakitnya berdasarkan Health Belief Model di Puskesmas. Jenis penelitian deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah lansia yang mengalami penyakit kronis di Puskesmas Bareng Kota Malang. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 76 responden. Hasil analisis menggunakan uji chi-square menunjukkan bahwa variabel perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers yang berhubungan dengan perilaku lansia (p<0.05). Hasil model akhir analisis multivariat, variabel perceived barriers merupakan variabel yang berhubungan dengan perilaku lansia yang menderita penyakit kronis. Dukungan individu lain terhadap lansia mulai dari mereka yang tinggal bersama maupun oleh aparat penduduk setempat untuk meminimalkan atau menghilangkan rintangan mesti dilakukan agar kualitas hidup lansia dengan penyakit kronis dapat optimal. Kata Kunci       : Health Belief Model, Penyakit Kronis, Perilaku Lansia

Promoting Maternal Visions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miranda R. Waggoner
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Pregnancy Care ◽  
Stratified Reproduction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Public Health Promotion

This chapter examines how the pre-pregnancy care model has influenced public health promotion, illustrated through the “Show Your Love” campaign that was created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2013. This chapter reveals how the campaign’s message drew on and promoted gendered and racialized tropes in its goal of promoting pre-maternal love for future babies and, in so doing, further stratified reproduction. Discussion in this chapter highlights the social control aspects of public health and how the power of this particular messaging potentially reframes practices of “intensive mothering” into an ethic of “anticipatory motherhood.”

Critical studies of the politics of public health promotion

2018 ◽  
pp. 13-32
Author(s):  
Peter Triantafillou ◽  
Naja Vucina
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
Analyse Power ◽  
Critical Social Science ◽  
Public Health Promotion

The chapter provides an overview of existing critical social science studies of health promotion and outlines the analytical framework used in the remainder of the book. First, we review and discuss the merits and the limitations of the most influential political science, political economy, and sociological analyses, seeking to critically address contemporary politics of health. Second, we account for the Foucauldian-inspired analytical framework used in the empirical analyses. This implies accounting for the ways in which we adopt key analytical principles and concepts from Foucault’s work in order to analyse power-knowledge relations and unquestioned norms in the contemporary politics of health.

Critical success factors of public health sponsorship in Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
Billy Sung ◽  
Ian Phau ◽  
Isaac Cheah ◽  
Kevin Teah
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Public Health Promotion

Abstract Public health sponsorship is a unique phenomenon in Australia. The current research examines the critical success factors of Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation’s (Healthway) sponsorship program, Australia’s largest public health sponsorship program. Using stakeholder interviews and expert observational studies, two studies present five key success factors: (i) effective segmentation and targeting of health messages; (ii) collaboration between Healthway and partnering organization to leverage sponsored events; (iii) displacement of unhealth sponsorship; (iv) use of leveraging strategies to raise awareness of health messages; and (v) environmental changes that facilitate behavioural change. The current research provides insights into how and why sponsorship is an effective public health promotion tool.

Promoting Safer Foods in Latin America and the Caribbean

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-382
Author(s):  
Marilyn Rice ◽  
Fernando Quevedo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Health Promotion And Education ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Public Health Promotion ◽  
Looking Back

This article describes the current trends in public health promotion and education in Latin America and the Caribbean. It gives examples of approaches that work and highlights some of the difficulties of concentrating strictly on the use of mass media communication. Various programs and projects for promoting the safe handling of foods are cited from specific countries and subregions in the Americas. Looking back on what has worked and what has failed, the authors recognize that some advancements have been achieved in improving the public's handling and protection of food, particularly in the tourism sector, and yet many challenges lie ahead for improving upon what has already been done.

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