HIV/STD: Health Promotion Strategies

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The World Health Organization defines Health promotion as “ the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health participants.” Contemporary health professionals such as nurse practitioners, nurses, and doctors inform and demonstrate ways on caring for the self. The contemporary view of health promotion is an individual driven prevention assisted by health care professionals. This new style of health promotion lets patients get involved with their health by adapting a lifestyle that changes the way they approach health prevention. In the historical view of head psychological problems were not counted as major factor contributing to patients illness, but contemporary health promotion is built on the foundations of psychological and emotional influence in one’s well-being. Therefore, health promotion should be seen as a teamwork process between health professionals and patients. Nurses should be educated and be able to converse with patients about their illness. Lastly, health promotion requires educating the public, and the ability to unselfishly get involved in patients well-being.

HIV/STD is a prevalent pandemic that affects thousands of people in Europe, Africa, and United States. More than 15 million sexually transmitted disease occur in the United States (CITE CDC). Doctors and various health professionals have sought after the prevention of HIV/STD, but health professionals have come to a conclusion stating that health promotion is the best way to beat the pandemic with the help of patients. “Rates of curable STDs in the United States, the highest in the developed world, are higher than in some developing countries. “(CDC) “STDs account for 87% of th...

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... to promote health. Health promotion is not absence of health, but an effort to prevent future health issues. These three articles stress three various way of health promotion and prevention. Health professionals should integrate different levels of health promotion to fully accomplish the goal of educating the social public on various health issues. As doctors and nurses individuals must be concerned about best educating patients, so that they can take precaution from their side to prevent future illness.

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retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/prev_prog/AHP/resources/other/pdf/articleSt.Lawrence.pdf

retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/prev_prog/AHP/resources/other/pdf/articleKippaxSexSubstain03.pdf

retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/prev_prog/AHP/resources/other/pdf/articleSt.Lawrence.pdf

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