Reconciling the differences between health promotion in nursing and ‘general’ health promotion
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Introduction and background
It is always going to be important for nursing to keep a watchful eye on the current main health promotion contexts and concepts presented in the ‘general’ health promotion literature. It is only by doing so that one can explore and evaluate how nursing-related health promotion practice compares and contrasts against the disciplines and practices of health promotion in other health professional disciplines – both allied to medicine and nursing and outside of this. Armed with this knowledge, it
Barriers to health promotion in nursing
It is known that there are wide differences between the health promotion practices of nurses and other allied health professions and the general health promotion community. This is particularly noted with health professions which come under the umbrella of ‘professions allied to medicine [PAM's]’ e.g. radiographers, physiotherapists, dieticians, podiatrists, speech therapists, pharmacists, dentists and orthoptists (Scriven, 2005). Underpinning this known fact of different practices, a wide body
Summary and recommendations
A number of recommendations arise from a direct comparison of the general and the nursing-related health promotion literature. The main ones are as follows.
Conclusion
While progress has been made by nursing in its contribution to the field of health promotion, this effort has not always been as concerted or sustained as with the more general health promotion community. The encouraging note, of late, is that more evident pockets of effective nursing-related health education health promotion work are emerging in the practice arena. Unfortunately, this health-related clinical work is still being marred by the continuing lack of both clear theory and policy – as
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