738 Transition towards health promoting hospitals: adapting a global framework to Pakistan

Towards a framework convention on global health.

Professional Practices Promoting Health of Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals in Pakistan

a framework for health promoting emergency departments

background since 1986, the world health organization (who) has been motivating health sectors to promote clinical and curative services (who, 1986). some emergency departments (eds) have partially achieved this through providing patient health information, screening and early intervention programs, injury prevention, and asthma education. a significant organizational shift is required for eds t...

Potential benefits and perceived need for health promoting hospitals in Pakistan: a healthcare stakeholder's perspective.

OBJECTIVES To explore perceptions of healthcare stakeholders' about health promoting hospitals, potential benefits and need in Pakistan. METHODOLOGY A qualitative exploratory study was conducted between July-August 2007. The data was collected through key-informant (KI) interviews and focus group discussions (FGD) with purposively selected hospital administrators, healthcare providers, health...

Health promoting hospitals: A case study in Iran

Introduction: Hospitals are the best ground for providing health promotion and prevention services besides health care services. This study aimed to determine the impact of establishing standards of health promoting hospitals on hospitals' indicators in one of the public hospitals of Iran. Materials and methods: This research was a case-control study that included Fatemieh (case group) and...