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Presented By – Atul Yadav (RN,RM)

2.
 Health promotion is not directed against any
particular disease, but is intended to
strengthen the host through a variety of
approaches (interventions).

3.
 Health promotion is "the process of enabling
people to increase control over, and to
improve health "

4.
 1. Proper nutrition:-
 Adequate nutrition is the foundation of good health.
The nutritional needs of such vulnerable groups as
infants, children, pregnant and lactating women and
the elderly must be met. Special attention must be
given of breast-feeding ,to promotion appropriate
weaning practices with the use of local foods. Special
nutrition programmes may be launched in the
community for the prevention of anaemia, control of
vitamin A deficiency, iodine-deficiency disorders and
prevention of other nutritional disorders in the
community. Nutrition education must be promoted
using TV communication methods. Proper nutrition is
considered today as an essential ingredient of quality
of life.

5.
A healthy environment – personal and
environmental hygiene - is crucial for the
health and well-being of individuals and
communities. Several diseases are due to
poor personal hygiene - e.g., skin diseases,
trachoma, leprosy and conjunctivitis; and
diseases due to for many environmental more
are hygiene contamination of water, food or
soil.

6.
Health is in a large measure the result of many
good habits and practices, which are now
included in the term life style. The use of
tobacco, alcohol and drugs has increased
tremendously over the past few decades
throughout the world. Cigarette smoking has
become a major health problem world wide.
There are numerous other habits related to
eating, sleeping, physical exercise, cleanliness
and recreation. People must assume
responsibility for their cultivating good habits.
Health cannot be given by one person to another.

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 An important aspect of health maintenance is
regular surveillance of blood pressure,
tolerance, electrocardiogram, pulmonary
function, glucose blood cholesterol,
haemoglobin, protein uria and other
parameters indicative of health status.

8.
Reporting promptly when sick, undergoing
necessary investigations and the indicated
treatment goes a long way in the
maintenance of health. This is referred as
personal health care which is concerned with
the care and treatment of individuals. The
focus is on the patient's complaints.

9.
Accidents rank among the five leading causes
of death in the world. For every death
recorded, several hundred injury cases occur.
Accident rate is very high in India. Prevention
of accidents is an important health
promotional measure.

10.
The resistance of susceptible individuals to
certain bacterial and viral infections can be
artificially enhanced by immunization. There
is a wide range of immunization procedures
to protect the health of the individual and
community. Some immunizations are given as
routine during infancy (e.g., polio, diphtheria)
with periodic boosters.

11.
 The aim of health education is to help people
achieve health by their own actions and
efforts.

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 Illness and for that matter health and socio-
economic conditions go together. The socio-
economic status is reflected by the level of
education, per capita income, family size,
birth rate, population growth rate and the
cultural practices prevalent in the community.
These are in fact the root causes of disease in
developing countries. Unless socio-economic
development takes place, the standard of
living and thereby the health status cannot
improve.

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 It is important to keep record of all health
events, e.g., medical consultations,
hospitalization, received, sickness episodes,
investigations, immunizations, height,
weight, etc. These records can be useful in
follow-up of cases, assessment of the health
status of the population, morbidity and
mortality studies and in medical and nursing
research.