Health promotion models

Article Abstract:

Health promoters may use one of six health promotion models. The health belief model and the theory of reasoned action make the assumption that the higher the risk, the greater the incentive for change. The stages of change process focuses on the stages which people go through before arriving at a behaviour change. The health action model incorporates the concept of self-esteem, and the community health movement encourages members of powerless sections of society to gain control of their health. The Tannahill model, which incorporates elements of the other models, is widely favoured by health promoters.

Models

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What blame can teach us about sexual health promotion

Article Abstract:

The incidence of veneral disease declined in the 1940s due to Penicillin but new infections have developed in the 1960s and 70s, such as genital warts and chlamydia trachomatis. White heterosexual men have never been accused of spreading the diseases. Even with the spread of HIV, in the 1980s, it was attributed to Africans, homosexuals and drug users. Women were blamed for spreading veneral disease in the 1700s and were taken by force to hospital. Ordinary women, rather than prostitutes were seen as the source of the disease in the Second World War. Soldiers were warned to avoid such women.

Sexually transmitted diseases, Study and teaching, Communicable diseases

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Health promotion in general practice: the views of staff

Article Abstract:

The U.K.'s National Health Service introduced a new system of health promotion aimed at reducing the incidence of coronary heart disease and strokes in 1993. Details of a study which analyses how general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses view the new health promotion scheme are presented. The study concludes that the changes have resulted in more data collection and paperwork and that many GPs are unhappy with the system.

Prevention, Heart diseases, Public opinion

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