Health promotion quiz

quiz on 1/12/26

what is public health promotion ?

Public health promotion is…

• Behavioral social science

• Shift from health being focused on clinical (medical) health to population and systems health influenced by social determinants

• Promoting health equity

• Aimed at improving health knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors of individuals, groups, communities, institutions, and systems

• Use education to promote health and to prevent disease, disability, and premature death

• Stimulate thought, discussion, and research

why is public health important?

By promoting all types of health you are empowering and encouraging people to educate themselves on their own bodies and take care of their physical health, mental heath etc. It also promotes how to build and strengthen community support and holistic education.

How do we achieve public health promotion

We can achieve public health promotion with three basic strategies. Health communication, Health education, Policy/systems/and environmental changes(PSES).

what is health communication

it is the use of social marketing to empower people. tools used for HC include Broachers, billboards, videos, digital resources, radio, TV, etc. You also need to understand traditional ideas, languages, and priorities of different cultures and places.

health belief model: understanding the psychology behind behavior change as it relates to health.

What is health education?

Evidence based education can occur in lectures workshops. involve target audience, assess needs, plan activities to help learn and build skills, use lessons and material that are easy to access, share information through various channels like videos and websites, proper staff training.

what is Policy, systems, and environmental change?

Policy: Organizations and stakeholders implement health promotion activities through legislative advocacy, economic measures, taxation, and regulations

Systems: Shift on the way issues are resolved, affect organizational intent and how it functions

Environmental: External systems and resources are in place to make healthy behavior easily accessible.

What are some of the challenges of public health promotion.

It relies on more than just healthcare- income, housing, employment, availability of public resources (social determinants).

COVID-19: service disruptions and/or need to evolve services to meet modern needs, Economic impact

Struggles with staffing and budgeting