Health Promotion Strategies and Interventions

This assignment requires a comprehensive analysis of research papers focusing on health promotion strategies and interventions. The provided list of references covers diverse topics within health promotion, including mental health, workplace wellness, community-based initiatives, and the use of social media for behavior change. Students are expected to critically evaluate these papers and demonstrate an understanding of current trends and challenges in the field of health promotion.

HEALTH
PROMOTIONAL TOOL
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main body........................................................................................................................................3
Mental health illness...............................................................................................................3
Role of learning disability nurse.............................................................................................4
Support to learning disability people......................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Learning disability is the difficulty which is associated with many other elements and
creates problems to understand effective results and outcomes (Bert, Giacometti and Siliquini,
2014). Present study is based on health and social care services for individual who are suffer
from learning disability. Further, in this nurse supporting them for reducing their problems so
that they can understand outcomes of the health care program. In this aspect, report assesses
barriers regarding health promotion and facilitation. In addition to this, it includes learning
disability nurse who support to each individual for access different services related to health
promotion.
Main body
Mental health illness
Learning disability is attached with health and social care which identify services to meet
the needs of people who are disabling (Flood, Hennessey Lavery and Falbe, 2015). In this aspect,
nurse supporting them to reduce their disability for development in personal life. There are
various people who are suffers due to mental health illness which require to solve for enhance
their understanding (Malik, Blak and Suggs, 2014). They are providing different types of
facilities to enhance their understanding in personal life. In this way, people enable to participate
in society and community functions. In addition to this, these facilities assist to grow effective
operations in care home to enhance participation in achievement of different services. However,
there are many barriers comes in respect to solve issues and outcomes of health and social care in
term of mental health illness (Kokko, Green and Kannas, 2014). In this way, appropriate services
are requires to enhance capacities and understanding of every individual. Following are such
barriers which include in order accessing services:
Financial resources
In order to providing and using different services, there are many issues occur at
workplace which needed to reduce mental health problems. In this aspect, financial resources are
main element which enhances performances of care users (Jakovljevic and Tomic, 2016). Care
home and providers are charge very high to each individual in term of different elements and
resources. Every individual unable to access these equipments for reduce their mental issues.
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Thus, it generate barrier to solve the problems and issues within the business environment. In
addition to this, there are also such other aspects in which finance is required. It includes fee that
charge by doctor of care provider (Jones-Roberts, Phillips and Tinsley, 2014).
Poor health literacy
Due to poor health literacy, people facing many issues to use services of care home. In
this aspect, every person knows about language which they using for communication (Korda and
Itani, 2013). Care providers generally use English so that rural people are unable to understand it
easily, hence, they have to make sure that proper understanding require among people to enhance
their outcomes and performances at workplace. In addition to this, language is require which
assist to grow communication in positive manner (Kokko, Green and Kannas, 2014).
Cultural and social norms
In respect to deliver effective information related to the health promotion, cultural and
social norms creating problem. This is because, it surrounding within health behaviour of care
providers (Stigsdotter, Corazon and Grahn, 2017). As results, barriers are occurring at
workplace. In this way, people are behaving in different way to each people. As results, it is
essential to determine effective results and performances as per the customer requirement
(Banerjee, Strachan and Oremus, 2015).
Unpredictable work hours
This is another element which create barrier to make effective results. Thus, problem face
care provider to determine results and performances. Due to unemployment, it is occur so that it
make problem to ensure positive results and performance. As results, it create many issue for
ascertain effective results (Ball, Bindler and Cowen, 2013).
Role of learning disability nurse
In order to make effective results, nurse demonstrates different roles for promoting the
health, wellbeing and independence of various people that are related to learning disability
(Mustafa, Baker and Gao-Smith, 2017). They are ascertaining different role at workplace which
are as follows:
Entry requirement
Learning disability nurse plays different roles in which first are require consider entry. In
this aspect, nursing require current and future clearance for enhance disclosure and barring
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services (Tebes, Kaufman and Thai, 2014). A degree in learning disability takes almost 3 to 4
hours to solve problems. Thus, nurse has responsibility to take care of each person so that they
can provide different services to them. In addition to this, they have to learn new things within
the environment so that they can make effective results and performances (Jolley, Freeman and
Sanders, 2014).
Skills required
In respect to enhance outcomes and performances, there are different types of skills
needed to each person so that they can enhance understanding and reduce disability at workplace
(Bert, Giacometti and Siliquini, 2014). In addition to this, proper behaviour support to them for
applying roles at workplace. It will assist to make positive outcomes and performances for
determining roles according to each person requirement (Fertman and Allensworth, 2016). Every
nurse has responsibility to collect more information so that they can understand issues and
problems to deal with different element at workplace. It will assist to make proper functioning
and performances for ascertain effective results (Baum and Fisher, 2014).
Things are need to be done
There are various elements which done properly for giving services to each person. They
have requires proper communication and listening with each member so that it enhance
productivity at workplace (Flood, Hennessey Lavery and Falbe, 2015). Excellent observational
skills assist to signify problems of a person related to emotional and physical outcomes (Bert,
Giacometti and Siliquini, 2014). In this way, every nurse can treat in proper way so that proper
functioning takes place. In addition to this, they have needed encouragement to other, gain trust
of them and control of difficult situation. In this way, they can do all important things which
need to be done at workplace (Arnold and Boggs, 2015).
Working hours, patterns and environment
Nurse is working almost 37 hours in a day. In this aspect, they can solve issues related to
residential units, hospitals and many other areas. With working clients and homes, they can
enhance productivity for making proper working environment (Milovancevic and Jovicic, 2013).
As per the customer requirement, it is responsibility of nurse to handle situation. Thus, they will
provide proper services to each person within the environment. It assists to solve issues and
outcomes to deal with various aspects. In special areas, they have to provide services to people at
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workplace such as mainstream, hospital and special schools, etc. (Flood, Hennessey Lavery and
Falbe, 2015).
Support to learning disability people
In respect to deal with mental health issue people, it is important to provide them
effective services at workplace (Flood, Hennessey Lavery and Falbe, 2015). Every nurse faces
many problem to deal with disable and mental problem. It determines different tips and
suggestions to support the people at workplace (Frayne and Hauck, 2017). Following element
determines that how to support with disable people by a nurse:
Educate yourself about the illness
It is the effective support which makes support towards disable people. In this way, it is
important to educate self for illness of the people. In this aspect, research has been shown that
assist to determine effective results and performances. Nurse has responsibility to enhance their
knowledge regarding business results and illness of people. As results, they can provide proper
services to each person (Baum and Fisher, 2014).
Seek out the resources
Proper resources are requires to promote proper health aspects within the business
environment. In this way, nurse need to ensure that all resources are available to deal with each
person at workplace. It will assist to get proper functioning with all patients (Bert, Giacometti
and Siliquini, 2014).
Work closely with member to attain proper treatment
Proper treatment is very important aspect within the business environment. In this aspect,
they can deal with proper manner to get treatment of each person. It will assist to grow positive
results and outcomes within the business environment. In addition to this, people can take views
from different people related to proper treatment at workplace (Malik, Blak and Suggs, 2014).
Reach out for support
In order to make effective results with ascertain treatment of people, it is essential to deal
with support of people towards the treatment. In this aspect, every person has responsibility to
determines support from nurse at workplace. With the help of support of government and other
people, nurse can provide proper treatment to their people at workplace (Flood, Hennessey
Lavery and Falbe, 2015). As results, they gain proper treatment for people.
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CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that health promotion tool is very helpful aspect.
In this aspect, mental health issue is taken in this report which determines disability of people
within the enterprise. Furthermore, it summarize about barriers which create many issues to
operate functions and operations in providing different services to people. Every individual take
different needs and requirement to deal with roles. Moreover, roles are also explains in this
report which needed in burse to provide different services to disable people.
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