Health promotion policies for elderly—Some comparisons across Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland

Arsenijevic, Jelena; Groot, Wim

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.01.013

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“…Our findings suggested that the trend toward a progressively younger burden of EMBID cannot be neglected, but there was a necessary and urgent need to accelerate efforts to alleviate the burden of EMBID in the older-aged. However, a study showed that four countries in the EU, including Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland, do not had health promotion policy documents that specifically addressed health promotion policies for old-aged, but that health promotion policies for older-aged can be better implemented in general policy acts that explicitly target older adults ( 34 ). Therefore, we suggested that local governments should develop more targeted health-related policies for the elderly and issue appropriate health promotion documents to loss the current highest EMBID burden of the older-aged.…”

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Global, regional and national burden of endocrine, metabolic, blood and immune disorders 1990-2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

Lin

Huang

et al. 2023

Front. Endocrinol.

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BackgroundEndocrine, metabolic, blood and immune disorders (EMBID) is a vital public health problem globally, but the study on its burden and global trends was scarce. We aimed to evaluate the global burden of disease and trends in EMBID from 1990 to 2019.MethodsWe extracted the data of EMBID-related on death cases, Age-standardized death rates (ASDRs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), Age-standardized DALY rates, years of life lost (YLLs), Age-standardized YLL rates, years lived with disability (YLDs) and Age-standardized YLD rates between 1990 and 2019 from the Global Burden of Disease 2019, by sex, age, and year at the global and geographical region levels. The Annual rate of change was directly extracted from Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) and we also calculated the age-related age-standardized rate (ASR) to quantify trends in EMBID-related deaths, DALYs, YLLs and YLDs.ResultGlobally, the EMBID-related ASDRs showed an increasing trend, whereas the DALYs ASR, YLLs ASR and YLDs ASR were decreased between 1990 to 2019. Furthermore, High-income North America and Southern Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest both ASDRs and DALYs ASR, and Southern Sub-Saharan Africa and Caribbean had the highest both YLDs ASR and YLLs ASR in 2019. Males had a higher EMBID-related ASDRs than females, but the DALYs ASR in females were higher than males. The burden of EMBID was higher in older-aged compared to other age groups, especially in developed regions.ConclusionAlthough EMBID-related ASRs for DALYs-, YLLs- and YLDs declined at the global level from 1990 to 2019, but the ASDRs was increasing. This implied high healthcare costs and more burden of ASDRs due to EMBID in the future. Therefore, there was an urgent need to adopt geographic targets, age-specific targets, prevention strategies and treatments for EMBID to reduce negative health outcomes globally.

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Global, regional and national burden of endocrine, metabolic, blood and immune disorders 1990-2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

Lin

Huang

et al. 2023

Front. Endocrinol.

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“…In Poland, where it is widely recognized the necessity to raise awareness of social and healthcare issues pertaining to the aging population, this is especially relevant. 103 The research provides novel avenues for creating prevention-oriented initiatives by incorporating psychological and developmental factors as crucial goals for mental health promotion. While wisdom can be developed through training in human development and interventions, 104 , 105 also developmental task attainment and healthy aging processes can also be effectively supported in late life.…”

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Effects of Wisdom on Mental Health in Old Age: Exploring the Pathways Through Developmental Tasks Attainment and Self-Rated Health

Zadworna

2023

PRBM

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Purpose A number of studies indicate a relationship between wisdom and mental health in older adults, which can be explained by different pathways. However, the role of developmental task accomplishment, and of self-rated health in the relationships between wisdom and mental health in later life remain unclear. The aim of the current study is to explore the structure of the relationships between wisdom, developmental task attainment, self-rated health, and positive and negative mental health outcomes (viz. wellbeing and depressive symptoms) in older adults. Methods The study included 381 Polish older adults aged 60–86 (M= 67.33; SD = 5.08). The respondents completed the Personal Wellbeing Index, Geriatric Depression Scale, Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, Developmental Tasks Attainment Questionnaire for Seniors, self-rated health scale and sociodemographic survey. Results Three-dimensional wisdom, developmental task attainment and self-rated health scores were positive predictors of personal wellbeing and negative predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults. Structural equation modelling revealed that developmental tasks attainment and self-rated health partially mediated the relations between wisdom and mental health in older adults. Conclusion It can be assumed that wise older adults implement developmental tasks more efficiently and assess their subjective health more favorably, which may strengthen their personal wellbeing and prevent depression. The findings suggest that wisdom plays an important role in healthy aging.

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“…The observed the poor participation in HP practices among HCWS in the study area may be due to lack of or inadequate HP guidelines and policy. A recent study observed that poor knowledge of HP policy among most HCWs may contribute to poor HP practice among HCWs (37). This emphasizes the need for HCWs to have standardized guideline, policy, and programme appraisal to ensure e cient HP practices by HCWs at all levels.…”

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Indicators for measuring health promotion practice among healthcare workers in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa: A cross sectional study

Melariri

Chimbari

Kalinda

2021

Preprint

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Background: Measuring indicators for health promotion (HP) practice among healthcare workers is essential if health goals and objectives must be achieved. Such indicators provide connections between health policies and health outcomes; and ultimately add value to healthcare. This study identified indicators of health promotion among healthcare workers and compared them across levels of healthcare facilities in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa. Method: A cross sectional study involving 495 healthcare workers randomly sampled from 23 hospitals including primary, secondary, and tertiary level hospitals was conducted. Questionnaires were distributed to medical doctors, nurses, and allied health workers (AHW) such as social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapist. Questions (hereto referred to as dimensions) in the questionnaires were categorized to address Facility Related Indicators (FRI), Health worker related indicators (HRI) and Outcome related indicators (ORI). Descriptive and bivariate analysis were used to identify the indicators of HP among the three HCW groups from the three levels of health care. Indicators observed to be significant in the bivariate analysis were subjected to a multivariate analysis using the multinomial regression model. (p–value < 0.05).Results: Emerging Indicators were grouped into three categories: facility related indicators (FRI), healthcare workers’ related indicators (HRI), and outcome related indicators (ORI). Four FRI dimensions were observed to be predictors of HP among doctors. Two dimensions were positively associated with HP practices while two others were negatively associated with HP practices among medical doctors and AHWs. On the other hand, seven HRI dimensions were significantly associated with HP among medical doctors and AHW. Furthermore, 5 outcome related indicator (ORI) dimensions were significant predictors of HP among medical doctors while only two dimensions were predictors of HP among AHW. The generalized Hosmer–Lemeshow Chi-square test showed that the models for the different HP indicators fit the data.Conclusions:We identified indicators for measuring HP that can be applied at primary, secondary and tertiary hospitals in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa. These indicators which healthcare workers and health systems’ managers in the study area should be aware of may be adapted for use in other areas.

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Health promotion policies for elderly—Some comparisons across Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Global, regional and national burden of endocrine, metabolic, blood and immune disorders 1990-2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

Global, regional and national burden of endocrine, metabolic, blood and immune disorders 1990-2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

Effects of Wisdom on Mental Health in Old Age: Exploring the Pathways Through Developmental Tasks Attainment and Self-Rated Health

Indicators for measuring health promotion practice among healthcare workers in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa: A cross sectional study

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