Perceptions of South African National and Provincial Health Directorate managers on eye health promotion

Perceptions of gender-based violence among South African youth: implications for health promotion interventions.

Gender-based violence is a widespread problem in South Africa. Past structural inequities have created a climate conducive to violence against women. As an initial step toward developing a health promotion program, we conducted exploratory formative research to examine the barriers that affect the health and well-being of youth. Fourteen focus groups (nine with girls and five with boys) were co...

Health psychology and health promotion

Health psychology is the defined as studying of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It contributes to is concerned with the understanding of how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute role to in physical health and illness. Psychological factors can affect health directly. For example, health is hurt by the chronically occurring environ...

Health Education and Health Promotion

Public perceptions on national health insurance: moving towards universal health coverage in South Africa.

BACKGROUND Since 1994, considerable progress has been made in transforming the South African health care system, implementing programmes that improve the health of the population, and improving access to health care services. However, amid escalating health care costs disparities continue to exist between the public and private health sectors. The implementation of a national or social health i...

Media impact on health promotion

Health and well-being is a significant condition and vital for positive living that should be improved for a better status of life a need of human being that he is seeking