A decolonizing
approach to health promotion in Canada: The case of the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project.
The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health's (IUIH) Deadly Choices initiative provides an example of a strengths - based
approach to health promotion (McPhail - Bell, 2014).
During my doctoral studies, I partnered with Deadly Choices to learn about its practitioners»
approach to health promotion.
The study highlights that Deadly Choices develops and uses innovative, diverse, relationship - based
approaches to health promotion that effectively shift power from practitioner to Indigenous people and communities.
Not exact matches
Designed by a Swiss company of the Larsson family devoted
to the
promotion of natural
approaches to medicine and other
health - related concerns, Medela was the first
to create a program that allowed lactating mothers
to pump milk in the workplace for their newborns.
Making it hurt: The strategy of risk The irony, of course, is that individuals and organizations so determined
to convince women
to breastfeed because of evidence - based claims about its
health effects are themselves choosing a breastfeeding
promotion approach that is not based on actual evidence.
Reserving at least 30 minutes for lunch at appropriate time, an pleasant lunch area with enough seats, having chance
to wash hands before eating etc. are ways for school
to demonstrate an
approach based appreciation of school meals and food and
promotion of
health and well - being.
The study, published June 24, 2016 in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's journal Preventing Chronic Disease, suggests a possible new
health promotion approach to improving the
health of millions of white - collar workers who spend most of their workdays sitting in chairs.
Maastricht University Medical Center + is known both nationally and internationally for its focus on prevention and taking an integrated
approach to health care: from prevention,
promotion of good
health, and basic care,
to top - level clinical diagnostics and treatment.
It enables graduates
to create general
approaches to promote, build, and maintain functional levels of
health and vitality in daily life, present basic Ayurvedic lifestyle and wellness education
to the public, and apply the principles of Ayurveda
to enhance their current professional practice with a unique set of assessment and
health promotion skills.
Andi has been
promotion healthy, natural living for her whole life, and takes a holistic
approach to health coaching in Australia.
She has also developed and evaluated interventions for preventing adolescent alcohol use and her general school - based
health promotion approach constituted the frame - work for the national Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco preve
health promotion approach constituted the frame - work for the national Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular
Health (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco preve
Health (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study
to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco prevention.
But it fails
to address many important issues, including the need for a systematic
approach to mental
health promotion and the prevention of mental illness, according to Jaelea Skehan, acting director of the Hunter Institute for Mental H
health promotion and the prevention of mental illness, according
to Jaelea Skehan, acting director of the Hunter Institute for Mental
HealthHealth.
Essentials harnesses the public
health approach to bridge the gap between harm prevention and
health promotion.
These five areas represent a school framework similar
to that applied in the MindMatters resource, which is the national mental
health promotion initiative
to introduce a whole - school
approach to mental
health promotion in secondary schools.
These results lend support
to the feasibility of a population
approach to the
promotion of mental
health through parenting programmes.
KidsMatter is a national mental
health promotion, prevention and early intervention initiative that utilises a strengths based
approach to supporting children's good mental
health.
Kerry has a Clinical Psychology background and is passionate about evidence - based
approaches to mental
health promotion and workplace wellbeing.
Facilitator Kerry has a Clinical Psychology background and is passionate about evidence - based
approaches to mental
health promotion and workplace wellbeing.
«Decades of research have shown that the best way
to achieve the aims of mental
health promotion, prevention and early intervention in schools is by using a whole - school
approach.
This also facilitates the identification of determinants of average mental
health in the population (rather than focusing on the extreme ends of the distribution), which will provide important information
to guide the development and implementation of universal mental
health promotion programmes alongside targeted
approaches for vulnerable children.34 Data were collected by self - report, providing access
to the child's own perspective on their experiences, which may be particularly important for phenomena that are less readily judged by other informants.
Many other insights and
approaches to dealing with violence against women are raised in the post below from
health promotion consultant Natalie Russell, reporting some of the highlights from a conference held in Adelaide.
We found that the participating South Australian state government managed and funded services had moved away from an
approach to primary
health care that included
health promotion and action on social determinants
to one emphasising solely clinical work over the five years of the project (2009 - 2013).
CONCLUSION: Considering that these problems are important determinants of worker's
health, a combined
approach to reduce both stress and MSD symptoms is necessary for prevention and
health promotion in the footwear industry.
In summary, the EBD
approach to childhood adversity discussed in this report has 2 compelling implications for a full, life span perspective on
health promotion and disease prevention.
The arguments in favour of population
approaches to the
promotion of mental
health were cogently put many years ago by Geoffrey Rose.
These recommendations put forth a vision for a comprehensive
approach to disease prevention and
health promotion that takes into consideration the
health and developmental needs of the «whole child.»
Psychosocial mediators such as history, relationships with mainstream services and connectedness may be key mediators of
health for Indigenous Australians.1 Cultural values, poor
health, and low socioeconomic status2 create a need for anti-smoking
approaches to be tailored for Indigenous populations.3 The high overall rate of smoking in these communities potentially normalises smoking for individuals.4, 5 Low literacy levels and high rates of misuse of other substances are also associated with low rates of smoking cessation.6 Consequently,
health services and
health promotion programs should be specifically designed
to meet the needs of this vulnerable population.
Infant and early childhood mental
health consultation (IECMHC) is a multilevel
approach to promotion and prevention that teams mental
health professionals with people who work with young children and their families
to improve their social, emotional, and behavioral
health and development.
Our study contributes
to the limited evidence base regarding universal multisectorial
health promotion approaches during pregnancy and early childhood.
The program used a
health -
promotion approach to help girls develop healthy relationships and
to respond
to abuse in their relationships.
A whole school
approach to mental
health promotion in schools takes a broad based systemic perspective, ranging from universal
promotion of
health and wellbeing
to indicated and targeted interventions.
The development of a skilled workforce is likely
to be a prerequisite for successful mental
health promotion through parenting
approaches.
Good quality CCTs of programmes adopting a
health promoting school
approach to mental
health promotion should be undertaken using a range of robust outcome measures, positive as well as negative, and measuring long - term impact