Physiotherapy Health Promotion through Brief Interventions

The Behavior-Image Model: a paradigm for integrating prevention and health promotion in brief interventions.

This paper describes the Behavior-Image Model (BIM), an emerging and innovative paradigm for planning brief interventions for adolescents that fuse the prevention of harmful behaviors with the promotion of healthy habits. We discuss the components of the BIM as a new paradigm for creating multiple behavior health interventions, as well as the empirical and conceptual underpinnings of the model,...

community mental health promotion: a brief review

the concept of health promotion, first appeared in 1975, introduced a new perspective for health activities. as a consequences, the world health organization (who) suggested that attention to health promotion needs should take precedence over treatment and prevention. this concept gradually developed into mental health field and now community mental health is the core policy and orientation of ...

Health promotion interventions in type 2 diabetes.

AIM To present the most common quality criteria in health promotion interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted to identify review articles, health technology assessments and policy reports of evaluated health promotion interventions in T2DM. A descriptive analysis of study characteristics and evaluation criteria are presented. RESU...

ePsychology: Designing Theory-Based Health Promotion Interventions

Health Promotion Through Mass Media

People adopt behavioral patterns consistent with events observed in their environments, including television portrayals. Although television programs frequently portray unhealthy styles of living, a vast potential exists for people to learn healthy patterns of behavior from media presentations. The purpose of this article is to examine interactions between the person and television that capital...