Advances in health promotion in Asia-Pacific: promoting health through hospitals

Abstract

Since 1990, the WHO Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) movement has tried to facilitate and support hospitals to assume a core responsibility in health promotion. The Taiwan HPH Network was established in December 2006, and became the largest HPH network in the world in 2013. Compared to Europe where the HPH has been more established, the pace of HPH development has been much more rapid. This rapid development provides an inspiring example for research and health promotion practice. Systematic data and empirical information have been collected about HPH in Taiwan, allowing for research to be published about the achievements of the HPH movement. This paper provides an overview of the existing literature on current progress of the HPH project according to the four main perspectives of the WHO-HPH movement: promoting the health of patients, promoting the health of staff, changing the organization to a health-promoting setting, and promoting the health of the community in the catchment area of the hospital. The assessment can serve as a stepping stone in understanding current HPH development in Taiwan and as a reference for future research. (Global Health Promotion, 2016; 23 Supp. 1: 26 -34).

Management Process of Health Promoting Hospital in a Private Hospital, Lamongan, East Java

“…However, research conducted in Taiwan showed that health promotion programs provided by hospitals were associated with good health behavior (Chiou et al, 2014). Another impact of implementing health promoting hospitals was a positive for organizational changes in capacity building for the HPH (Huang et al, 2016).…”

Standards for Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services: Development and tools for implementation and measurement

“…al suggest that a shift in health policy is needed to establish health promotion in the hospital and health services setting as a significant and sustainable movement [2]. A study on HPH in Taiwan credits governmental support of the HPH movement, including increased attention to organizational change, as a major reason Taiwan was able to build and maintain a large HPH network and implement numerous projects [25].…”

Transformar nuestros entornos: haremos que suceda en todas partes

“…En el presente suplemento de Global Health Promotion, cinco trabajos procedentes de Taiwán nos ofrecen el análisis de la experiencia de implementar una transformación integral de las organizaciones para generar entornos que promuevan la salud en escuelas, hospitales, lugares de trabajo y ciudades (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Hu y Kuo (1) explican el funcionamiento de los proyectos de Taiwán como "Ciudad Saludable," y la creación y las funciones de la Alianza de Taiwán de las Ciudades Saludables.…”