The research objectives were as follows: 1) to study the monks’ assistance bedridden patients in health-promoting hospitals; 2) Hua Thung Health Promoting Hospital, Phon District, Khon Kaen Province; 3) analytically Sub-district Kaen. This was carried out by means of qualitative using an in-depth interview with 23 key informants. obtained data interpreted descriptive analysis. results hospitals...

The purpose of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to assess adherence to the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative "Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding" in certified hospitals in Brazil in 2002. The Ministry of Health ordered that all 172 hospitals certified from 1992 to 2000 be reassessed. Of the 167 eligible Baby-friendly Hospitals assessed, 137 (82%) met all of the 10 steps. Steps 2 a...

Addressing the urgent need for information regarding ways of integrating health promotion into the hospital services that helps make the best of scarce resources is essential in the current context of Corporate and Clinical Governance. With this in mind, the paper uses the example of how one hospital Trust implemented the WHO HPH's concept and developed an on site, in-house Centre for Health Pr...

A little more than two years ago, Victor Caraballo, MD, the senior medical director at Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia, set out to hit the brakes on the flow of unnecessary readmissions to area hospitals. By identifying high-risk patients and promoting best practices in discharge planning, Caraballo and a regional collaboration involving more than 20 area hospitals felt they could start...

Access to Internet resources and communications has rapidly become a necessity in many hospitals nationally. The results of a Pacific Northwest pilot Intenet connections project provides important evidence of the value of librarians in establishing such connections in their institutions The pilot project has resulted in a wealth of information regarding approaches to promoting the utility of th...

This study examines and analyzes the limits and possibilities of the promoting play in hospitals. This investigation can contribute to the collective health field, as discussions about the views of healthcare practitioners on promoting play in hospitals may well influence the development of new childcare models. This discussion is grounded on a qualitative approach to the dynamics of relationsh...

AIMS The aim of this study was to apply Bandura social learning theory in a model for identifying personal and environmental factors that predict health-promoting self-care behaviors in people with pre-diabetes. BACKGROUND The theoretical basis of health-promoting self-care behaviors must be examined to obtain evidence-based knowledge that can help improve the effectiveness of pre-diabetes ca...

conclusions health providers should improve the qol in the elderly by facilitating hpl through health-promoting interventions, which will maintain and increase physical activity, stress management, and spiritual growth. background as individuals live a longer life, health-promoting lifestyle (hpl) becomes even more essential, particularly with regard to maintaining functional independence and i...