scholarly journals Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Strategies: The Possible Side Effects of Their Good Intentions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mbachi Ruth Msomphora ◽  
Anette Iren Langås Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Population Strategy ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Promotion Strategies

The public health policies are principally implemented using two main strategies, namely, the population strategy and the high-risk strategy. The purpose of this article is to discuss possible side effects of the good intentions of these two main strategies. The discussions herein are made based on our perspectives and literature study methodology. Main findings portray that the disease prevention and health strategies are applied on a skewed basis, and more so, they are mainly based on medical culture and take little account of human culture. This implies that in order for individuals to comply with the health authorities’ demands, they must give up their own lifestyle coping-strategies that are contradictive to the demands. Hence, the possible side effects of the disease prevention and health promotion strategies’ good intentions; as the strategies have no explicit mandate to change the cultural norms and values. Therefore, we argue that adaptations to make the strategies more inclusive may promote public healthcare in the sense that it can work for everyone’s lifestyle, as individuals can easily take healthy actions in the normal course of their lives.

scholarly journals Appeals to Autonomy and Obedience: Continuity and Change in Governing Technologies in Danish and Swedish Health Promotion

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Signild Vallgårda
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Fundamental Change ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
New Public ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Apparent Evidence

The increasingly used concept new public health indicates that a fundamental change has occurred in the goals and methods of disease prevention and health promotion. The change is often said to imply less expert-driven governing of citizens. In this article, governing technologies in the field of public health in Denmark and Sweden are analysed to investigate whether substantial changes have taken place in the governing efforts. In the endeavours unfolded in relation to health examinations for children and pregnant women during the last eighty years, no apparent evidence exists of a significant change in governing technologies. Regulatory, expert-driven and empowering technologies have been used during the whole period; additionally, appeals to autonomy, responsibility and obedience as well as to trust in authorities co-exist throughout the period. The fundamental change is the huge increase in the health authorities’ governing ambitions.

Health services for health promotion and disease prevention

2020 ◽  
pp. 158-171
Author(s):  
Jenifer Smith ◽  
James Mapstone
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Prevention Programmes ◽  
Definition Of

The importance of social and environmental factors in determining the health status of a population provides the context for the role of health services in health promotion and disease prevention. Health service providers play important roles as advocates, leaders, and partners in disease prevention and health promotion strategies. The initial sections of this chapter discuss the definition of prevention, levels of prevention, and the place of population-wide and high-risk approaches. It then discusses some of the public health skills that are required in prevention programmes, including assessing needs and priorities, evidence of effectiveness, the role of behavioural and implementation sciences, and the importance of evaluation. The chapter illustrates these principles using examples from communicable and non-communicable disease control.

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D Hurd ◽  
Justinne Guyton ◽  
Ardis Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Consumer Health ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Lack Of Exercise ◽  
Long Term Impact

Changing human behavior is challenging; however, having a long-term impact on the improved health of a population is a compelling reason for an increased public health commitment by individuals in pharmacy. Any of the activities that individuals and populations pursue have a direct effect on their health, from drinking clean water to breathing fresh air. Health behaviors mitigate or exacerbate chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke, and human behaviors can affect the resurgence of infectious diseases (and the emergence of new infectious diseases). Other behavioral factors, such as tobacco use, poor diet, lack of exercise, alcohol consumption, at-risk sexual behaviors, and avoidable injuries, contribute prominently to increased morbidity and mortality. This chapter addresses basic public health principles of disease prevention and health promotion, looking at consumer health education, health literacy, social media, and program design and evaluation.

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