Does health promotion need a Code of Ethics? Results from an IUHPE mixed method survey.

abstract：:Menstruation is a delicate physiological process through which a shedding of uterine lining occurs each month in females of reproductive age. Often considered a taboo subject, menstruation is seldom openly discussed in developing parts of the world. This article explores menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in sub-Sahar...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Ssewanyana D,Bitanihirwe BKY

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese people place a high priority on maintaining social harmony and conforming with what we perceive to be mainstream thought and opinion. These social norms present challenges for developing health promotion policies and programs that value individual uniqueness and individual sensibilities about health. To addre...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Moriyama M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although community participation is a component of community empowerment, it often remains a theoretical exhortation. Reporting experiences which enable people to take control of their lives, can be useful to suggest practical elements for promoting empowerment. This article describes the experience of a Sardinian vil...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Sardu C,Mereu A,Sotgiu A,Contu P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent decades, China has experienced an exponential growth in the number of internet users, especially among the youngest population, as well as a rapid proliferation of Western-type fast food restaurants. The health consequences of internet availability and fast food consumption among youth have been la...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Hansstein FV,Hong Y,Di C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the concept of vulnerability in the context of maternal morbidity and mortality in Burkina Faso, an impoverished country in West Africa. Drawing on a longitudinal cohort study into the consequences of life-threatening or 'near miss' obstetric complications, we provide an in-depth case study of one ...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Storeng KT,Drabo S,Filippi V

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Amajuba Child Health and Wellbeing Research Project measured the impact of orphaning due to HIV/AIDS on South African households between 2004 and 2007. Community engagement was a central component of the project and extended through 2010. We describe researcher engagement with the community to recruit participants...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Beard J,Skalicky A,Nkosi B,Zhuwau T,Cakwe M,Simon J,DeSilva MB

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L' Approche École en santé (AÉS) est une approche globale de promotion de la santé inspirée des principes des « Health Promoting Schools » (écoles promotrices de santé). L'AÉS est associée à un dispositif d'accompagnement des écoles volontaires pour l'implanter qui comporte des ressources professionnelles d'accompagne...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Couturier Y,Deschesnes M,Drouin N

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood routine immunization (RI) is a highly effective public health intervention for the prevention of infectious diseases. Despite high immunization rates, a 2018 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) study by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) noted a growing practice of vaccine refusal among parent...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Schiavo R,Basu Roy U,Faroul L,Solodunova G

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This commentary describes a student-led project that distributed long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Masaka, Uganda. The role of student-led initiatives in global health promotion projects is also discussed. METHODS:A survey of 213 net recipients was conducted after a 12-month period to evaluate mala...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Byron Y,West H,Wood B,Murray L,Cooling N

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-based organizations hold an increasingly central role in the representation and advocacy of marginalized groups and individuals. In these capacities, such organizations make significant contributions to the areas of health and health services. In particular, they are considered well-positioned to operational...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Carey GE,Braunack-Mayer AJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global prison population has grown exponentially in all five continents and consistent analysis shows that many diseases, illnesses and long-term conditions are over-represented in the prison population. Despite the myriad of health challenges in the population, the concept and practice of health promotion is both...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Woodall J,Dixey R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of concurrent sexual partnerships (CP) is posited to be a contributor to the elevated risk of HIV transmission among youth in Malawi. The lens through which Malawian youth conceptualize the practices of CP and condom use has yet to be fully explored. The current study--a secondary data analysis of semi-st...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Romero SL,Ellis AA,Gurman TA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes and its complications are increasing in frequency worldwide. Lower-extremity complications carry a high risk for morbidity and mortality, yet are largely preventable through education and self-monitoring. In India, rural areas lack access to education, care, and treatment. Despite existing evidence-...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Peacock A,Skemp L,Seetharam S,Shanmukha R,Prasad M,Seetharam MR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the European Union, as well as in Canada and the United States (US), health promoters employ a number of strategies to encourage community-based health improvements. This involves the creation of innovative health promotion partnerships to support and enable people to choose and engage in healthy living practic...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Fagan DM,Kiger A,van Teijlingen E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experience of collaboration between researchers and the Ministry of Health of Senegal has encouraged the social uses of results from research on the health of communities. This article presents the contributions of partnership-based research to tackling health inequalities. Following a diagnostic shared with all th...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Fall AS,Cissé R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study of the Argentina Road Safety Project demonstrates how the application of World Bank road safety project guidelines focused on institution building can accelerate knowledge transfer, scale up investment and improve the focus on results. The case study highlights road safety as a development priority and...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Raffo V,Bliss T,Shotten M,Sleet D,Blanchard C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical inactivity is the fourth most important risk factor contributing to global non-communicable disease (NCD) deaths, occurring in high-, middle- and low-income countries. Building capacity in NCD prevention is a daunting task, and toward this end, an introductory open online course about physical activity (PA), ...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Engelen L,Bauman A,Physical Activity Network group.

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PRALIMAP (PRomotion de l'ALIMentation et de l'Activité Physique) trial highlights the effectiveness of implementing a screening strategy in high schools to prevent overweight/obesity among adolescents. The strategy comprises three steps: i) body measurements to detect overweight/obese adolescents, ii) a medical in...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Bonsergent E,Thilly N,Legrand K,Agrinier N,Tessier S,Lecomte E,Aptel E,Collin JF,Briançon S,PRALIMAP Group.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One risk factor for infant and childhood morbidity is not exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) during the first six months of life. Entertainment Education (EE) is a communication strategy consisting of placing educational information into television, movies, and radio programs. In developing countries this form of behaviora...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Reinsma K,Bolima N,Fonteh F,Okwen P,Siapco G,Yota D,Montgomery S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical inactivity has been recognised by the World Health Organization as one of the leading causes of death due to non-communicable disease (NCD), worldwide. The benefits of action over inactivity can cut across health, environment, transportation, sport, culture and the economy. Despite the evidence, the policies ...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Blanchard C,Shilton T,Bull F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) formed in 1987 with the intention of reforming the policy that governed prostitution. The Prostitution Reform Act 2003 was created to protect sex workers from exploitation and to give them the same rights as other workers by protecting their occupation health and safety. I...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Laverack G,Whipple A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2019 IUHPE Global Health Promotion Conference held in Rotorua New Zealand, provided an unparalleled opportunity to demonstrate the contribution of health promotion to the achievement of planetary health and sustainable development. This brief conference report outlines the intent of the two conference statements a...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Tu'itahi S,Stoneham M,Ratima M,Simpson T,Signal L,Puloka V

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this commentary, we use examples from West Africa to highlight how the liberalization of global agricultural trade exacerbates population health inequalities by threatening the livelihoods and food security of communities in low-income settings. We highlight the exploitative nature of trade agreements with West Afr...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Pirkle CM,Poliquin H,Sia D,Kouakou KJ,Sagna T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanzania is third in Africa in tobacco production after Malawi and Zimbabwe. In spite of increased production, Tanzania remains a poor country, with tobacco farmers getting poorer and the country losing more than 16,500 hectares of forests annually from tobacco curing alone. Tanzania grows fire-cured and air-cured tob...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Kagaruki LK

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the challenges facing the Nigerian government toward the implementation of global public health priories. The Nigerian government recognizes the need to implement these priorities by putting in place the necessary policy framework, but political instability, poor infrastructural development and ina...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Echebiri VC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Universal access to healthcare has assumed renewed importance in global health discourse, along with a focus on strengthening health systems. These developments are taking place in the backdrop of concerted efforts to advocate moving away from vertical, disease-based approaches to tackling health problems. While this ...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Mahmood Q,Muntaner C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty years have passed since the central document of health promotion, the Ottawa Charter, was constituted. Health was seen as the process enabling individuals and communities to increase control over their determinants of health, thereby improving their health and enabling an active and productive life, that is, a ...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Lindström B,Eriksson M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an action agenda for community empowerment developed by participants at the 7th Global Conference on Health Promotion in Nairobi. It outlines gaps and barriers in enabling community empowerment; including those related to institutional capacity, institutional relationships to the community, and i...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Fawcett S,Abeykoon P,Arora M,Dobe M,Galloway-Gilliam L,Liburd L,Munodawafa D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper seeks to review the current international health-promoting sports club (HPSC) research, drawing together findings based on case studies from various countries to illustrate the status of HPSCs. In addition, future challenges for HPSC research and implementation are considered. The review includes six case s...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Kokko S,Donaldson A,Geidne S,Seghers J,Scheerder J,Meganck J,Lane A,Kelly B,Casey M,Eime R,Villberg J,Kannas L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to provide process and effectiveness evaluations of a sex education intervention realized with interactive techniques in high schools of Pavia (Italy). METHODS:Six public high schools, divided into 'treated' and 'control' units, voluntarily joined this mixed-methods study. Only second-year classes were en...

journal_title：Global health promotion

authors： Benni E,Sacco S,Bianchi L,Carrara R,Zanini C,Comelli M,Tenconi MT,SISM educators group.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00