Health promotion

1. Submitted To :
Dr. KANCHAN VOHRA
Assistant Professor
Submitted By :
Mohd. Rafi Bhat
HEALTH PROMOTION

2.  According to WHO health as “ state of complete
physical, mental and social well being and not merely
absence of disease”.
 It’s overall objective is the attainment by all people of
the highest possible levels of health.

3.  Health promotion is about providing services that
improve health of individual and communities finally
resulting in empowerment of them to so that they
have increased control over their own health.

4.  Health promotion is based around the saying
“prevention is better than cure” and it aims at
preventing morbidity and mortality.

5.  Health promotion is any combination of health,
education, economic, political, spiritual or
organizational initiative designed to bring about
positive attitudinal, behavioral, social or environmental
changes conducive to improving the health of
populations.

8.  Promotion of health and well being (nutrition,
physical activities etc.)
 Identification of illness (screening and
detection of disease)
 Prevention of illness ( smoking cessation,
immunization, travel health etc.)
 Maintanance of health for those with chronic disease
like asthma, hypertension etc.

9.  Medical approach
 Behavioral change
 Education approach
 Patient centered approach
 Societal change

11.  The World Health Organization (2001) defined family
planning as the practice that helps individuals or
couples to attain certain objectives such as avoiding
unwanted pregnancies, bringing about unwanted
babies at the right time, regulating the interval
between pregnancies, controlling the time at which
birth occurs in relation to the ages of the parents and
determining the number of children in the family.

12.  To avoid unwanted birth
 To regulate suitable intervals between pregnancies
 To determine number of addition of children in family
 To control time at which birth occurs in relation to age
of the parents
 To protection from sexually transmitted disease

13. Natural
method
Mechanical
method
Hormone
contraceptive
Terminal
methods
Basal body
tem.
Cervical
mucus
Symptothermic
method
condom
diaphragm
Intrauterine
device
vasectomy
tubecotomy
laproscopy

14.  Total no. of patient n=250
 Family Member n=129 (51.6%)
 Doctor n= 72 (28.8%)
 Health Staff n=19 (7.6%)
 Mass Media n=14 (5.4%)
 Neighbors n=16 (6.4%)

17.  A disease that is spread from one living
thing to another or through the environment.

18.  Pathogen: Organism that causes disease.
 Pathogens include: viruses, bacteria, fungi,
protozoan's and rickets
 Infection: Condition that occurs when pathogens enter
the body, multiply, and damage body cells.

19.  Direct Contact: Includes touching, biting,
Kissing, and sexual contact
 Indirect Contact: Contaminated objects, Vectors—
mosquito passes pathogen from person to person,
Water and Food
 Airborne Transmission: Sneeze or cough

20.  Washing Hands
 Handling Food Properly
 Eat a balanced diet
 Avoid sharing eating utensils
 Practice abstinence

21.  The most common communicable diseases are those
of the respiratory tract
o Common Cold
o Influenza
o Pneumonia
o Strep Throat
o Tuberculosis

22.  Hepatitis A, B, C
 Mononucleosis
 Measles
 Emerging Infections
o Such as Lyme Disease, AIDS, and Malaria

23.  Disease that is not transmitted by another person, a
vector, or the environment

24.  Medical science has identified certain habits and
behaviors that either increase or decrease the risk of
many of these disease

25.  Cardiovascular disease
 Cancer
 Diabetes
 Respiratory disease . Asthma

26.  Unhealthy diet
 Tobacco uses
 Physical inactivity
 Stress factors
 Over weighted
 Genetics
 Use of alcohol
 Environmental factor

27.  Healthy diet
 Regular exercise
 Change the environment
 Modify the habits
 Regular medical checkups