Theoretical Approaches Guiding the Development and Implementation of Health Promotion Programs

This chapter describes several theories and models used to explain actions and to design health promotion and disease prevention programs. Behavior theory explains the factors that influence people to do things. Behavior theory usually determines the determinant of behavior that is deemed to be a causal relationship of behavior. The theory can also determine the mechanism by which determinants influence behavior. The theory is used in various ways to guide researchers in determining which research questions are important and to guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs. This theory leads to health promotion research by providing propositions on which factors are related to health problems and important factors to deal with when solving problems. For example, smoking is an act that causes many types of cancer. To address smoking and cancer as a public health problem, health researchers and practitioners may ask the following questions: Why do people smoke? What impact does people have on smoking? What is difficult to quit smoking? Why are not people at risk compromised by so much information? The theory can provide a starting point for finding answers to these questions

When determining a theory or model that leads to a health promotion or disease prevention program it is important to consider a set of factors such as the specific health issues addressed, helpful people, and the context in which the program is concerned. It has been implemented. Health promotion and disease prevention programs usually come from one or more theories or models

The roar of public health is to promote and protect people's health. This forward-looking approach does not limit the scope of its practice to individual health issues, but also includes the development and implementation of programs and policies that contribute to population health. The role of public health nurse is to focus on population-centered care that leads to health promotion, disability and illness prevention, and improvement of quality of life. Effective public health nurse

Human rights based health efforts are specifically designed to achieve the right to health and other health related rights. The planning and planning of health policy is guided by the standards and principles of human rights, with the objective of nurturing right holders who effectively assert the abilities and rights of those who are obliged to fulfill their duties. Human rights based health efforts is a useful analytical framework that enables constructive information to be provided to health policy by:

As a remedy he believes that the lack of sound ethical and theoretical principles to guide health promotion practices advocate the basic theory of health promotion. Health promoters use a basic theory to make health equal to "the area where people can function well" so that individuals and local communities have the "foundation" necessary for health. Broadly speaking, these foundations include: basic needs (eg food, evacuation centers, meaningful employment), access to health related information, skills and confidence to tackle information, Connecting with the outside world Additional support to respond to health problems and stress events