For communication Strategies for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention.
Explain the role of health literacy in health promotion and
disease prevention strategies.
Explain the role of health education in health promotion. How is
the nursing process used in developing health education? Describe a
contemporary issue, local or global, that a family may experience
today. What steps would the nurse take to address these as part of
a health education plan?
Health promotion and disease prevention and management play a
key role in the health care system. Please briefly describe what
health promotion and disease prevention management programs are
available to you through your health insurance at work or for
someone you know. Please indicate whether these programs have been
beneficial to you, the organization you work for, or for someone
you know. Please support your reasons.
Health promotion and illness prevention is a holistic role for
nurses. Typically community or public health nurses assume these
roles; however, these roles are also important for nurses in acute
care settings and are achieved through the promotion of health or
management of illness by providing client education, often during a
client's stay and at discharge.
Read the following two articles to understand the roles of both
acute care and community nurses.
Original Research: Implementation of an Early Mobility Program...
An important role of nursing is to provide health promotion and
disease prevention. Review the 2020 Topics and objectives on the
Healthy People website.
Present a general profile of at least one health-related
organization for the selected focus topic. Present two resources,
national or local, for the proposed education plan that can be
utilized by the provider or the patient.