Organization publish health promotion pamphlets to increase patients’ health literacy. Patients that are health literate ask questions about their care and are able to make informed decisions about their care. Evaluation of a health promotion pamphlet includes examination of the content, reading level, and health promotion information. Additionally, health promotion decreases hospital stays and may prevent disease related complications. ).
Promoting Health Education M1- access how the social context may influence the ability of health education campaigns to change behaviour in relation to health Social context of health behaviour change- When we are considering the influence that health campaigns have on people’s behaviour, we have to take note of a person’s social context. This is the factors in someone’s life that could influence someone’s health behaviours. This includes financial factors, social class and peer pressure. Financial factors- People might be unable to afford to follow recommended health behaviour campaigns. For example, some people cannot afford to go to the gym or afford transport to quit smoking groups or buy nicotine replacement therapy.
Explain outcome based practice, critically review approaches to outcome based practice. Analyse the effects of legislation and policy on outcome based practice and explain how outcome based practice can result in positive changes in individuals lives. Outcome based practice is a method which looks at the individual needs of a service user and help to establish what goals are set for them and how these will be met, this takes into consideration the needs and wishes of the individual. The outcome is based on the measurable impact that it has on the individual. To be able to do this there needs to be clear objectives set which must be worked towards in order to reach the desired outcome.
The second component is the use of certified electronic health record technology. This must be demonstrated by electronic exchange of information to improve healthcare quality (CMS, 2012). The third component is the use of certified electronic health record technology to present clinical quality measures (CMS, 2012). HITECH is a great public health resource for communities. More partners are embracing HITECH to improve public health.
The 1st step of unfreezing helps to melt personnel's resistance to change. Unfreezing can be done by disseminating information about adverse drug errors and their incidence at MGH. By using a persuasive message, it supports the need for change. Issuing information to the users about nonreimbursement procedures from the CMS will help to pass the information needed to prepare for the change. Dealing with the fear of change and anxiety is important to help open employees to change.
Promotion: Informs the target market about the ‘right’ product and includes selling that product through personal and mass selling. Promotion can be geared to retain current customers or acquire new ones, but is always designed to stimulate interest to the point of purchase of the ‘right’
The target market for the energy drink would redevelop and associate with varied amounts of current markets to carefully build and generate profitably whilst upholding customer value. (Armstrong 2012 p55) The product of energy drink is already situated in target market of health conscious consumers driven by cultural and social value. The company must evaluate each market segment and apply corrective
In particular, key social factors considered under this model include the impact of poverty, poor housing, diet and pollution on persons’ health. For instance, poor housing and poverty may prove to be catalysts to respiratory problems, and in response to these causes and origins of ill health, an objective of the socio-medical model is to encourage society to provide better housing and introduce programs to tackle poverty, and these propositions are seen as viable solutions. The socio-medical model encourages people to live healthy lifestyles, it looks at the cause of the illness and tries to change the factor that causes the illness to prevent it from continuing rather than only giving when diagnosis and only medical treatment. The factors which the socio-medical model suggest is also a cause of ill health such as poor housing, poverty and diet can have a strong impact on the over health and wellness of individuals, communities and countries. The model emphasises preventing and changing the cause of an illness on a more natural way instead of relying on medication.
Therefore, employers need to establish wellness programs that promote prevention instead of merely giving insurance that covers illness and disease. Employers could offer reduced premiums for non-smokers and to those who participate in weakness education. Employers have an opportunity to educate their employees on how to be good stewards of their health care cost that they encore. The other major stakeholders within the health care system are the
For example, managed care providers emphasize on keeping enrollees healthy to reduce use of services and financial incentives for enrollees to use providers and procedures associated with the plan. All these can compromise the quality of healthcare provided to members. On the micro-level, managed care has changed healthcare delivery by enforcing measures aimed at reducing cost. For example, pay for performance (P4P) is a toll used in the U.S. to improve efficiency in healthcare systems by rewarding health care providers for following certain procedures. Such systems could compromise the quality of