Health Promotion: The first step to fighting a disease

Health promotion covers a wide aspect governed by multitude factors. As defined by WHO it is The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves far beyond the comprehension of individual behavior towards a wider dimension of sociodemographic, environmental and political interventions. It includes social welfare as an integral part of the total health, which is intimately linked to the social environment and the living and working condition. Thus occupational safety and health standards though a distinct body in itself is also an integral part of health promotion as it forms an individual sphere where a larger aspect with repeated sessions can be conducted. It should be kept in mind that health promotion is a dynamic process which is essential for maintain a regular flow of information

Disease Prevention: A way to better health

Primary Disease Prevention essentially means averting the occurrence of the disease and secondary prevention means halting the progression of a disease. Prevention is way of providing unprecedented social, economic, and health dividends. The most efficient approach to combating any form of disease or disability is to assess, analyze and modify the risk factors that underlie them and find ways and measures to decrease them either by interventions or by knowledge thus accelerating the health and increasing the longevity.

Steps to be taken for health promotion

National policies should be developed to support practical interventions by increasing basic research funding into fundamental aspects such as physiological and cellular changes that are an elementary approach to a disease itself thus having a potential to yield dramatic changes in health thus empowering individuals. It is very important to impart positive sense of health and impart healthy lifestyle.

Online Courses in Public Health Promotion

James Lind institute provides an opportunity for clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, allied public health professionals and other life science graduates for a sound purposeful career to promote public health by providing online courses in Public Health Management, Global Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Tropical Medicine. James Lind Institute proves a Masters in Public Health (MPH) and Masters in Healthcare Management (MSc)in collaboration with International Telematic University UNINETTUNO.
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