Nowadays, people are at the risk of many diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer and osteoarthritis (rrr, 99). This is mainly because of their sedentary life styles, unhealthy diet, smoking and air pollution (88, 00). Therefore, health promotion is extremely significant as it plays an important role in reducing the risks of disease in individuals throughout the world (u, 0). According to Cancer Research UK (2009), smoking is one of the modifiable risk factors of chronic disease such as lung cancer, causing approximately 80,000 deaths per year in UK. Therefore, I have decided to identify the heath promotion strategies in relation to smoking. The model, I have selected to promote further discussion is Beattie’s (1991) model of health
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Smith (2009) identified that a large portion of general population start to smoke as youngsters. This exhibits the significance of implementing preventive strategies at an early stage (ii, 0). Hh (0) stated that children should be encouraged to maintain a healthy life style by providing appropriate advice and support. Moreover, parents and teachers also should take effort in educating the children about non smoking and its potential benefits (i, 0). According to yy (0), no smoking policy should be implemented in schools and other public places as a primary initiative. This policy can protect the life of the smoker and that of the other people (i, 0). Daily mail (2009) reported that in 2009, around 400,500 people in UK have stopped smoking as a positive result of smoking restriction in public …show more content…
‘Ask’ about tobacco consumption, for instance, number of cigarettes smoked daily and ‘Assess’ the readiness to quit. Studies showed that prochaska and Diclementes change model (1983) is commonly used by the nurses to assess the behavioural changes of the smokers. In order to identify the stage of change and level of motivation, nurses must make sure that patients are physically and psychologically comfortable (88, 0). It is the nurse’s responsibility to convince the patient to follow healthy life style by providing evidence based information about their unhealthy behaviour (8, 0). These activities constitute the health persuasion approach of Beattie (1983) health promotion
Smith (2009) identified that a large portion of general population start to smoke as youngsters. This exhibits the significance of implementing preventive strategies at an early stage (ii, 0). Hh (0) stated that children should be encouraged to maintain a healthy life style by providing appropriate advice and support. Moreover, parents and teachers also should take effort in educating the children about non smoking and its potential benefits (i, 0). According to yy (0), no smoking policy should be implemented in schools and other public places as a primary initiative. This policy can protect the life of the smoker and that of the other people (i, 0). Daily mail (2009) reported that in 2009, around 400,500 people in UK have stopped smoking as a positive result of smoking restriction in public …show more content…
‘Ask’ about tobacco consumption, for instance, number of cigarettes smoked daily and ‘Assess’ the readiness to quit. Studies showed that prochaska and Diclementes change model (1983) is commonly used by the nurses to assess the behavioural changes of the smokers. In order to identify the stage of change and level of motivation, nurses must make sure that patients are physically and psychologically comfortable (88, 0). It is the nurse’s responsibility to convince the patient to follow healthy life style by providing evidence based information about their unhealthy behaviour (8, 0). These activities constitute the health persuasion approach of Beattie (1983) health promotion