Texting for health in the safety net: Improving health promotion and outreach

Texting for health in the safety net: Improving health promotion and outreach

Research Objective Medically underserved groups, such as the uninsured, racial and ethnic minorities, and people with multiple chronic conditions, experience barriers in accessing health care. However, 91% of people in the United States use cell phones and 81% of cell phone users send and receive text messages. Based on evidence that reminder/ recall improves adherence to clinical encounters, t...

The Relationship between Safety Climate with Fatalism and Perceived Helplessness among Workers: Implication for Health Promotion

Introduction: Safety climate received substantial attention due to its potential for explaining variation in safety-related outcomes. The present study examined degree of safety climate related to fatalism and perceived helplessness among workers’ Isfahan Steel Company. Materials and Methods: The current study was a correlation study. Sample consisting of 189 employees in Isfahan Steel Compan...

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...

Spiritual Health Consulting Model for Health Promotion in Clients

Background and Objectives: Neglect of God may cause adverse emotions, unhealthy lifestyle, and high-risk behaviors. Such a spiritual vacuum, damages the bio-psycho-socio-spiritual health of individuals. Study was conducted to design and validate the spiritual health consulting model for health promotion in clients. Methods: In this qualitative study, universal models of nursing care, prominent...

Health Education and Health Promotion