HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING CARE

Health Promotion in Nursing Care



Health Promotion in Nursing Care

Ans-1)“Disease prevention begins with a threat to health--a disease or environmental hazard--and seeks to protect as many people as possible from the harmful consequences of that threat. Health promotion begins with people who are healthy and seeks the development of community and individual measures, which can help them to develop lifestyles that can maintain and enhance their state of well being” (US Public Health Service, 1980).

Patient's perspective will help nurses in educating patients about health promotion and disease prevention. In order to prove this point, we will ...