Health promoting Hospitals in Iran: How it is

Abstract

Background:The World Health Organization (WHO) produced the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (HPH) back in 1986. Then expressed the Budapest Declaration of Health Promoting Hospitals and after determined standards for reorienting hospitals towards health promotion So, this study evaluated Iranian hospitals based on WHO-HPH standard.Materials and Methods:This study was a descriptive - analytical survey in selected hospitals of Iran (38 hospitals from 5 provinces). Method of data collecting was through review of documentation related to each of the standards. WHOs self-assessment tool for health promotion was used.Result:Overall the mean score of health promotion standard in the state hospital was 54.1 ± 15.1 that means the private hospitals have higher score. In general, patient information and intervention standard had the highest score (70. 8 ± 8. 1) both in private and government hospitals and the patient assessment standard had the lowest score (44. 2 ± 20.1).Conclution:Hospitals must design a specific system for improving and evaluating health promotion in order to encourage policy-makers and health service administrators to invest resources.

The Impact of Setting the Standards of Health Promoting Hospitals on Hospital Indicators in Iran

“…The results of the present study showed that total scores of the intervention hospital of the standards of health promoting hospitals was 72.26±4.1 (out of 80) While the hospital evaluated in the study of Lin et al[20] obtained the score of 73.12 (out of 100) and the hospitals in the study of Groene et al [6] achieved the score of 71.9± 25 (out of 136) and the score of the hospitals examined in the study by Yaghoubi et al [7] was54.1 ± 15.1 (out of 136) and score of hospitals surveyed in the study of Lin et al[10] was 76.26 (out of 100);therefore, the score of hospital surveyed in this study was higher than the hospitals in the above-mentioned studies. In the Lin study in Taiwan [10] a cross-sectional survey of all Taiwan’s hospitals above the local community hospital level was conducted.…”

“…Perhaps one of the reasons is the small size and limited space of the hospital which, despite the small number of staff and limited physical environment, made the implementation of health promotion standards easier. However, in the study of Lin et al [20] and Yaghoubi et al [7], the highest scores were in the standard of patient information and intervention.…”

“…In the study of Yaghoubi et al [7] the lowest score obtained in the patient assessment area. While the lowest score in the present study was in patient information and intervention area, which is consistent with Groene et al [6].…”

“…Hospitals can promote public health through participation in health cycle [6]. However, at present, hospitals only serve their traditional roles in diagnosis and treatment and there is no defined structure for hospitals to provide many of the health promotion services [5] and the standards in the field of health care cannot lead to the appropriate development of health and health promotion in the community [7]. Going out of this situation requires new thinking in the field of health so that maximum utilization of existing facilities is made to provide and improve public health, and sustained and desirable results are achieved [5].…”

Health Education Performance in Health Houses: A Descriptive study from Iran during April-September 2011

“…Similar to other WHO health promotion programs, such as health promotion hospital (HPH), which considers education and health promotion of clients, staff, organization, and community (39,40), multidimensional education can be integrated in Iran. On the other hand, new methods of education, such as use of mobile phones and social networks, are suggested to improve evidence-based education in the future.…”