Health Promotion Program for Cardiovascular Disease

This document discusses the health promotion program for cardiovascular disease, its key features, and how it demonstrates the principles of primary healthcare. It also explores the health promotion strategies used and provides a recommendation for improvement.

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NUR121 health, Culture and Society Task 3: Workbook 40%
Name the health issue:
1. Why is the issue a priority for the Australian healthcare industry? (100 words)
Response
Cardiovascular disease is one of greatest health problems of Australia which increased
the global burden of disease. This issue becomes public health priority because of the
high rate of occurrence which disrupts the normal life of a significant number of
Australians. As discussed by heart disease affects one in six Australians, indicating 4.2
million Australian are affected because of cardiovascular disease (Sanchez et al. 2019).
CVD is was a vital cause of hospitalization of 575,800 individuals from 2016 to 2017.
Moreover, approximately 610000 people die because of heart disease in Australia (Sahle
et al. 2016). Heart foundation took initiatives in order to resolve the problem through
health promotional programs.
References
Sahle, B.W., Owen, A.J., Mutowo, M.P., Krum, H. and Reid, C.M., 2016. Prevalence of
heart failure in Australia: a systematic review. BMC cardiovascular disorders, 16(1), p.32.
Sanchez, P., Salamonson, Y., Everett, B. and George, A., 2019. Barriers and Predictors
Associated With Accessing Oral Healthcare Among Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
in Australia. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 34(3), pp.208-214.

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2. Describe the health promotion program and discuss the key features that are used to
address the health issue? (400 words).
Response
Active living NWS was the health promotion program which was established in April 2017
in order to address cardiovascular disease (Heartfoundation.org.au 2019). The program
was established with the collaboration of the NSW Ministry of Health and the National
Heart Foundation (Heartfoundation.org.au 2019). The other members of the health
promotion include health promotional officer, health professionals The program was
designed in order to support the wellbeing of the individuals who are suffering from the
severe cardiovascular disease and at high risk of experiencing a heart attack. In Australia,
approximately 16000 deaths occurred in 2007 and the primary cause of death was
overweight or obesity (Giuliano et al. 2017). The other risk factors include smoking, living
a sedentary lifestyle, and uncontrolled diabetes, high level of c - reactive protein,
controlled stress, and anger . These risk factors are contributors to fetal heart disease
such as coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, myocardial,
and stroke (McCoske and Matan 2018). Hence, the active living NSW established by the
heart foundation for promoting the active living through influencing social as well as
physical environments in which communities live. The target group of the program is the
individuals aged in between 40 to 65 years who are at high risk of developing
cardiovascular disease (Heartfoundation.org.au 2019). The key features of the program
were supporting physical activity and healthy built environment through implementing
new south wales healthy eating and active living strategy. This program aimed to
encourage the population of new south wales for creating healthy lifestyle choices by
involving in the physical activities, improving access to the health care services, building a

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healthy environment in the communities, improving the consumption of healthier foods
and food labeling. Moreover, the program also offers health literacy regarding nutrition’s
that should be consumed and management of obesity, physical activity programs for
families, active workplaces using evidence-based practices (Heartfoundation.org.au
2019). The volunteers of the program believe that making physical activity prime priority
for families sets a positive example for the next generation as well and it strengthens the
bonds of between family members. The program aimed to increase participation in the
sports, recreational activities, arts, and cultural activities for the population of rural and
suburban communities to support their physical and mental wellbeing. Healthy weight
coaching is another unique feature of the program towards a healthy state
(Heartfoundation.org.au 2019). The program gained immense success in reducing the risk
factors of heart disease and supporting the wellbeing of the population of New South
Wales.
References
Giuliano, C., Parmenter, B.J., Baker, M.K., Mitchell, B.L., Williams, A.D., Lyndon, K., Mair,
T., Maiorana, A., Smart, N.A. and Levinger, I., 2017. Cardiac rehabilitation for patients with
coronary artery disease: a practical guide to enhance patient outcomes through
continuity of care. Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 11, p.1179546817710028.
Heartfoundation.org.au, 2019. Active Living NSW. Retrieved from
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/programs/active-living-nsw/
Heartfoundation.org.au, 2019. Home. Retrieved from
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/
McCosker, A. and Matan, A. 2018. Barriers and enablers to planning initiatives for active

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living and health. International Journal of Sustainable Development, 11(1), 68-82.
3. How does the program demonstrate the principles of primary healthcare? (400 words)
Response
Primary health care refers to essential health care which is based on scientifically sound
and acceptable methods and technology which enhances the health care access to all
individuals in the community (Blanchard et al. 2017). The primary health care promotes
wellness and health by preventing injuries and illness. The world health organization
suggested that it is more than delivering health care services (Engel et al. 2016). The
primary health care aims to create conditions and environments which will help people in
the communities to become healthy and make healthy lifestyle choices by extending the
assistance of the health professionals into the communities. To promote the wellbeing of
the communities, primary health care follows core principles (Blanchard et al. 2017).
These principles include Accessibility to the health care services, encouraging the
participation of the communities, designing health promotional programs and promoting
the use of appropriate technologies which are affordable, promoting intersectoral
collaboration. Taking an insight into the situation, the health promotional program
adequately demonstrated the principles of primary health care for supporting the
wellbeing of the communities (McCalman et al. 2016). Considering the first principle such
as providing access to the health care services, the program offered the comprehensive,
compassionate person-centered health care services to communities of the new south
wales irrespective of gender, race, and ethnicity (Blanchard et al. 2017). Considering the
second principle such as encouraging the participation of the communities and public, the

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program encourages the communities to involve in the physical activity programs, free
walk programs, and healthy weight coaching (Anglin et al. 2017). To align with the third
principle such as health promotions, the program offers health literacy to the individuals
who are overweight and suffering from cardiovascular disease or at high risk of
developing cardiovascular disease. The primary health care providers believe that treating
a person requires consideration of the sociocultural environment (Blanchard et al. 2017).
Hence, For health promotions, the program offered cultural and recreational activities
and health care services by incorporating socio-cultural norms in programs. Considering
the fifth principle, the program used electronic health records for the screening of
individuals with cardiovascular disease and who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease
(Blanchard et al. 2017). Considering the last principle, the program promoted the
intersectoral collaboration by involving the NSW Ministry of Health as a partner of the
program.
References
Anglin, G., Tu, H.A., Liao, K., Sessums, L. and Taylor, E.F., 2017. Strengthening Multipayer
Collaboration: Lessons From the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative. The Milbank
Quarterly, 95(3), pp.602-633.
Blanchard, C., Livet, M., Ward, C., Sorge, L., Sorensen, T.D. and McClurg, M.R., 2017. The
active implementation frameworks: a roadmap for advancing implementation of
comprehensive medication management in primary care. Research in Social and
Administrative Pharmacy, 13(5), pp.922-929.
Engel, P.A., Spencer, J., Paul, T. and Boardman, J.B., 2016. The geriatrics in primary care
demonstration: Integrating comprehensive geriatric care into the medical home:

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Preliminary data. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(4), pp.875-879.
McCalman, J., Bailie, R., Bainbridge, R., McPhail-Bell, K., Percival, N., Askew, D., Fagan, R.
and Tsey, K., 2018. Continuous quality improvement and comprehensive primary health
care: a systems framework to improve service quality and health outcomes. Frontiers in
public health, 6, p.76.
Heartfoundation.org.au, 2019. Active Living NSW. Retrieved from
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/programs/active-living-nsw/
4. What health promotion strategies are used by the program and how are the principles
of health promotion applied in their strategies? (400 words)
Response
The health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control
over health with the aim of improving them. It introduced a focus on health and social
determinants of health and uses the bio-psychosocial model of health instead of the
biomedical approach to improve health (Sallis et al. 2016). The health promotion
implements fundamental principles for supporting the wellbeing of the individuals of the
communities. These guiding principles include focusing on importing individuals and
communities, encouraging the participation of communities, inter-sectoral and equitable,
sustainable and multi-strategy (Doull et al. 2017). In the current context, active living
new south wales used different strategies to promote the health and wellbeing of the
individuals. The active living by heart foundation enabled individuals and communities to

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have control over health and wellbeing by encouraging them in making healthy lifestyle
choices such as healthy eating, walking, and physical activities. Through creating a
healthy and safe environment, the volunteers of the program were able to empower and
strengthen the community (Heartfoundation.org.au 2019). To follow the participative
principles, the program involves each individual in all stages of the health program. The
promotion was undertaken using different health promotional strategies such as the use
of social media and newspaper. In order to follow the holistic care, the health promotion
program fosters physical, mental and spiritual health (Steinberger et al. 2016). This
program involves communities in the art and recreational cultural programs according to
enhance the physical, social, spiritual and mental health. The heart foundation believes
that sociocultural environment plays a crucial role in shaping the health conditions. In
order to promote, the intersectoral collaborations, the active living new south wales
involve different local governing bodies to integrate healthy eating strategies. Dr. Danny
Wiggins had been commissioned to prepare the guide for assisting the local governments
in the building a healthy environment (Heartfoundation.org.au 2019). In order to follow
equitability and promote social justice, the active living NSW provide health care access to
the communities irrespective of genders and promote free early screening programs for
the population for detecting who are at high risk of experiencing severe heart diseases
such as congestive heart failure, myocardial infarctions. The program also used
multidimensional strategies such as provided health literacy to the communities,
proposing the amendments of policies regarding the use of high-fat junk foods, developed
advocacy. Hence, in order to reduce the mortality rate associated with cardiovascular
disease, this program gained immense success (Heartfoundation.org.au 2019)..
References

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Sallis, R., Franklin, B., Joy, L., Ross, R., Sabgir, D. and Stone, J., 2015. Strategies for
promoting physical activity in clinical practice. Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 57(4),
pp.375-386.
Heartfoundation.org.au, 2019. Active Living NSW. Retrieved from
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/programs/active-living-nsw/
Doull, M., O'Connor, A.M., Tugwell, P., Wells, G.A. and Welch, V., 2017. Peer support
strategies for improving the health and well being of individuals with chronic‐
diseases. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2017(6).
Steinberger, J., Daniels, S.R., Hagberg, N., Isasi, C.R., Kelly, A.S., Lloyd-Jones, D., Pate, R.R.,
Pratt, C., Shay, C.M., Towbin, J.A. and Urbina, E., 2016. Cardiovascular health promotion in
children: challenges and opportunities for 2020 and beyond: a scientific statement from
the American Heart Association. Circulation, 134(12), pp.e236-e255.
5. How can the program be improved to better meet the needs of their target group?
(200 words). Provide one recommendation and support it with a reference.
Response
The active living New South Wales established with the collaboration of NSW Ministry of
Health and the National Heart Foundation in 2017 with an aim of reducing the mortality
rate by creating a healthy environment and enabling the population to make healthy
lifestyle choices (Heartfoundation.org.au 2019). While the program offered a number of
services such as health literacy, physical activity programs, free walking programs, and

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healthy eating programs, the program can be improved to better meet the needs of the
target by equally focusing on mental wellbeing apart from physical wellbeing
(Heartfoundation.org.au 2019). Because of unemployment, smoking, low socioeconomic
status the significant number of the individuals are subjected to psychological distress
such as anxiety, depression which further contributed to eating unhealthy foods and living
sedentary lifestyle followed b cardiovascular disease (Greenberg et al. 2016). Hence in
order to meet the need, it is recommended to create an evaluation committee who will
examine not only physical but also mental needs of individuals. After evaluation it is
recommended to provide services according to individual needs.
References
Greenberg, M.T., Domitrovich, C.E., Weissberg, R.P. and Durlak, J.A., 2017. Social and
emotional learning as a public health approach to education. The future of children,
pp.13-32.
Heartfoundation.org.au, 2019. Active Living NSW. Retrieved from
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/programs/active-living-nsw/