Analysis of Swedish Primary Healthcare Prevention Programme

This essay provides an in-depth analysis of the Swedish Primary Healthcare Prevention Programme, focusing on its adherence to the principles of the Ottawa Charter and equity in healthcare. The introduction defines health promotion and its importance. The main body examines how the program aligns with the Ottawa Charter's action areas, including building health public policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and re-orienting healthcare services. It also assesses the program's application of equity principles through the selection of diverse study participants and data sources. The essay highlights the inclusion of intervention and reference groups, considering various age groups and genders. The essay concludes with recommendations for enhancing the program, such as incorporating baseline data parameters and providing more support for healthcare initiatives, and promoting awareness. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of health promotion in fostering a healthy society and empowering individuals to take proactive steps toward maintaining their well-being.

Approach to Health
Promotion

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Health promotion refers to making the use of specific approaches and methods through
which the health of the individuals can be maintained by ensuring that the use of appropriate
techniques are made without facing problems and issues (Fitzgerald and et.al., 2019). This essay
will focus on Swedish Primary Healthcare Prevention Programme. In this essay, a detailed focus
will be made on this particular research which has been carried out on a number of participants.
MAIN BODY
Compliance with Ottawa Charter Principles- Ottawa Charter is an international
agreement which was signed by WHO in a conference which was held in Ottawa, Canada. The
different types of Action areas are Building health public policy, Creating supportive
environments, Strengthening community action, Developing personal skills and Re-orienting
health care services toward prevention of illness and promotion of health (Langhans, 2017).
Thus in the Swedish healthcare programme the compliance with Ottawa Charter
Principles was done because these action areas were focused upon as a part of the programme
which helped in ensuring that the participants were given specific focus effectively and
efficiently.
The use of principle of Building health public policy was used as thus programme was
launched as per the healthcare initiative of ensuring that the awareness among the people for the
purpose of promotion of physical activity and healthy lifestyle related cardiovascular events and
mortality.
The use of principle of Creating supportive environments was made as regular discussion
on health was made in the Swedish healthcare programme which helped in enhancing the
knowledge of the people.
The use of principle of Strengthening community action was made as the various types of
steps to be followed by the community were identified which helped a lot in achieving the
particular goals as well as objectives effectively and efficiently.
The principle of Developing personal skills was made as in the Swedish Programme the
different types of personal skills to be used for healthcare was discussed. This will help a lot in
ensuring that the personal goals and objectives are attained.
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The principle of Re-orienting health care services was used as the discussion on ensuring
that the use of healthcare services is made by the people in paying attention towards their health
is made. This helped the people a lot in ensuring that they are able to pay appropriate attention
towards their health.
Equity principles-
Equity in healthcare refers to ensuring that the population which has received the
healthcare services are able to receive good services (Laverack, 2017). These principles were
followed in the Swedish Programme in which a detailed research on a large number of study
participants was made. Thus in this way a large sample size of both men and women of different
age groups was included. This helps a lot in ensuring that the observations were made in an
effective manner in the group which were helpful in the deriving of the results and
recommendations which can be followed in the future.
In the study Intervention Group, Reference Group, Intervention Group (men), Reference
group (men), Intervention group (women), Reference Group (women) were selected. The sample
size was collected in detail from these groups. Thus in this way it can be said that the equity
principles which are related with healthcare were followed in the right manner in the study which
helped a lot in performing a detailed analysis of the different types of age groups in a proper
manner.
Further, the sources which were used for the purpose of selection of data were according
to the compliance of the regulatory authorities in Sweden (Nutbeam, 2019). Thus in this way the
sample size which was to be selected was identified effectively and efficiently. This was helpful
in ensuring that the healthcare rules and regulations which were related with the country were
followed in a proper manner. The selection of variables was done according to the specific needs
and requirements of the study. This helped a lot in ensuring compliance with principle of equity
in healthcare.
Recommendations-
Although the principles provided in the Ottawa Charter were followed the use of certain
recommendations has to be made so that a thorough improvement in the study and analysis in the
future can be made-
The account of different types of parameters which are related with baseline data has to
be made which will be quite helpful in ensuring that the data can be used in a proper manner to
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analyse the findings. If these parameters are not included the findings may not be complete in a
proper manner. This can create different types of difficulties and thus the recommendation is to
make sure that the use of these particular parameters is made.
More support should be provided for the purpose of healthcare in such programmes. By
showing additional support to the health promotion programmes the essential focus on health of
the different types of individuals can be made without facing problems and issues.
The awareness for the healthcare programmes should be developed in an appropriate way
in these programmes which can be quite helpful in ensuring that the community can take the
right action for developing the healthcare facilities in a proper manner.
Thus in this by following the above-mentioned recommendations the Ottawa Principles
can be followed in an effective manner. This will be quite helpful in ensuring that the
compliance with these particular principles can be made and thus the healthcare promotion can
be made effectively and efficiently without facing problems and issues.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that Health Promotion refers to the initiatives
which are taken in order to promote the awareness about health in the different types of people. It
is quite important so that the awareness about health can be developed in a proper manner. This
can help a lot in building a healthy society. These types of initiatives can be quite helpful in
ensuring that the people are able to be more aware about their health and can take the appropriate
steps for ensuring that they are able to maintain their health in a highly effective manner.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Fitzgerald, K. and et.al., 2019. Restorative narratives for health promotion. Health
communication.
Langhans, W., 2017. Food components in health promotion and disease prevention. Journal of
agricultural and food chemistry. 66(10). pp.2287-2294.
Laverack, G., 2017. The challenge of behaviour change and health promotion. Challenges. 8(2).
p.25.
Nutbeam, D., 2019. Health education and health promotion revisited. Health Education Journal.
78(6). pp.705-709.
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