Health education: evidence of effectiveness

Tones, Keith

doi:10.1136/adc.77.3.189

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“…Taking all this information into consideration, the need for effective health education programmes becomes apparent (Tones, 1997). Interventions targeting increased fruit and vegetable intake, decreased consumption of high-fat foods, increased moderate and vigorous physical activity and decreased TV viewing are also recommended (Gortmaker et al, 1999).…”

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Diet, blood lipid profile and physical activity patterns in primary school children from a semi‐rural area of Greece

Magkos

Piperkou

Μanios

et al. 2006

J Human Nutrition Diet

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Diet, blood lipid profile and physical activity patterns in primary school children from a semi‐rural area of Greece

Magkos

Piperkou

Μanios

et al. 2006

J Human Nutrition Diet

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“…Regarding internal legislation however, only a minority of European countries (mainly in northern Europe) have established laws that relate specifically to health promotion. As an example, the Finnish legislation should be highlighted [ 56 ]. This act emphasises, among other things, that the “ Health During Working Life and Health in Old Age policies, including the psychophysical demands of work, are health-promoting and appropriate for workers of different ages and preconditions for promoting the health of older people and for reducing the health differences created by reducing prejudices and attitudes contributing to age discrimination” .…”

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Institutional analysis of health promotion for older people in Europe - concept and research tool

Sitko

Kowalska-Bobko

Mokrzycka

et al. 2016

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundEuropean societies are ageing rapidly and thus health promotion for older people (HP4OP) is becoming an increasingly relevant issue. Crucial here is not only the clinical aspect of health promotion but also its organisational and institutional dimension. The latter has been relatively neglected in research on HP4OP. This issue is addressed in this study, constituting a part of the EU project ProHealth65+, engaging ten member countries. This paper is based on two intertwining research goals: (1) exploring which institutions/organisations are performing HP4OP activities in selected European countries (including sectors involved, performed roles of these institutions, organisation of those activities); (2) developing an institutional approach to HP4OP. Thus, the paper provides a description of the analytical tools for further research in this area.MethodsThe mentioned aims were addressed through the mutual use of two complementary methods: (a) a literature review of scientific and grey literature; and (b) questionnaire survey with selected expert respondents from 10 European countries. The expert respondents, selected by the project’s collaborating partners, were asked to fill in a custom designed questionnaire concerning HP4OP institutional aspects.ResultsThe literature review provided an overview of the organisational arrangements in different HP4OP initiatives. It also enabled the development of functional institutional definitions of health promotion, health promotion activities and interventions, as well as an institutional definition adequate to the health promotion context. The distinctions between sectors were also clarified. The elaborated questionnaires provided in-depth information on countries specifically indicating the key sectors involved in HP4OP in those selected countries. These are: health care, regional/local authorities, NGO’s/voluntary institutions. The questionnaire and literature review both resulted in the indication of a significant level of cross-sectorial cooperation in HP4OP.ConclusionsThe inclusion of the institutional analysis within the study of HP4OP provides a valuable opportunity to analyse, in a systematic way, good practices in this respect, also in terms of institutional arrangements. A failure to address this aspect in policymaking might potentially cause organisational failure even in evidence-based programmes. This paper frames the perception of this problem.

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“…There is evidence to the effect that health education interventions can lead to changes in behavior and health status if messages are repeatedly frequently, and when the education is given on one to one basis and when controlled designs are used [15,22,35]. Further, health education as intervention strategy has been found to be effective in the domain of accident prevention, sexual health and breastfeeding initiation rates [34,37]. Although two (2) of the studies found no difference in the practice of EBF between the study group that received the intervention and the control group that did not receive the health education interventions, a higher proportion of the studies reviewed reported significant differences in the EBF rates between the intervention group and the control group.…”

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“…One of the prerequisites to ensuring intervention effectiveness is developing the intervention based on relevant theories or models and wherever possible prior research [34,35]. The rationale is that models and theories provide structure, organization and direction to the programme development and implementation.…”

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Effectiveness of Health Education in Increasing the Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Low Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Okyere¹,

Woodall²,

Appiah-Brempong³

2014

J Clinic Toxicol

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Background: The protective effects of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) to the health of infants and mothers alike have been well documented. The rates of EBF remain low in spite of the recognized benefits and the persistent global call for infants to be breastfed exclusively on breast milk for the first six months of life. Health education has been widely suggested as one of the key intervention strategies for increasing the duration of EBF in low income countries.

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Health education: evidence of effectiveness

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

Diet, blood lipid profile and physical activity patterns in primary school children from a semi‐rural area of Greece

Diet, blood lipid profile and physical activity patterns in primary school children from a semi‐rural area of Greece

Institutional analysis of health promotion for older people in Europe - concept and research tool

Effectiveness of Health Education in Increasing the Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Low Income Countries: A Systematic Review

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