HEALTH PROMOTION IS EVERYONES ROLE HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART

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HEALTH PROMOTION IS EVERYONES ROLE - HOW TO PLAY
YOUR PART

• Dr. Vanessa Whillier
• Woodlands Health Centre,
• Paddock Wood, Kent

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GROUP DISCUSSION

• What is health promotion?

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WHAT IS HEALTH PROMOTION?

• Keeping healthy
• Living a healthy lifestyle
• Preventing illness
• Preventing illnesses becoming worse

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EXAMPLES OF HEALTH PROMOTION

• Weight loss
• Lowering cholesterol
• Stopping smoking
• Advice re exercise
• Advice re chronic disease
• IHD DM BP
• Diabetic diets
• Use of blood glucose machine

• Healthy eating
• Immunisations
• flu
• pneumovax
• childhood
• Sun damage
• Smears
• Mammograms

The list is endless
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GROUP DISCUSSION

• How can we provide health promotion?

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PROVISION OF HEALTH PROMOTION

• Patient initiated
• Opportunistic (HCA / nurse / Dr. initiated)
• Groups
• Displays
• Leaflets

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DI CLEMENTE PROCHASKA CYCLE OF CHANGE
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• Lets have a go

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• Health promotion is everyones role!