Health Promotion and Public Health

Health promotion and
public health
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................3
SEARCH STRATEGY....................................................................................................................4
SIMPLE APPRAISAL OF ONE ARTICLE...................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Health promotion is an essential process that enables people to enhance control over their
health. It works beyond the focus on individual behaviour towards a large range of social as well
as environmental intervention (McKenzie, Neiger and Thackeray, 2012). In fact, it involves
doing specific things to deal with disease and improve the condition of an individual along with
their communities’ health. On the other hand, public health tends to aim on the well-being and
health of a society as well as is the most effective sources of protecting the people from getting
affected. Therefore, this essay provides specific information regarding the public health
evidences as well as its importance in search strategy and public health.
BACKGROUND
Public health evidences is sources through which scientific research and practice to
improve the health of the specific population can easily be identified. Information literacy is all
about client being able to determine the medical data its care givers give them as well as they
search by using internet. The information could be used to make best possible decision regarding
their respective course of care. It belongs to a root of all key aspects within healthcare sectors as
well as primary attribute for the health and social care services. It will allow health professional
to manage effective and safe practitioners during the entire services. Evidence based public
health is considered as an effective development, implementation as well as evaluation of the
programs, policies and strategy in public health (Fredriksen-Goldsen and et.al., 2014). The
application of these principles is having both direct and indirect benefits such as access to more
and high quality information on best health practices. EBPH generally consists of a reliable
decision making on the basis of their best available scientific evidence by using data and
engaging the society in sound evaluation and program planning framework. Literature review is
basically assessing the relevance of the already published research question. It aims on the topic
that tries to examine, apprise and synthesize the high quality research evidence that is associated
with the concern topic. It would also provide a context, information method, innovation and
ensure that professional standards are fulfilled.
According to this research paper the topic is taken is taken into account is the role of
public health relation in communicating health and delivering healthy message to the community
or an individual. The main reason of using literature review on this particular topic is to identify
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