Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide and it is an increasing public health burden in many countries ( Fuster, Kelly & Vedanthan, 2011). In 2012, the World Health Organisation reported that about 17.5 million of people died from CVD due to behavioural risk factors such as cigarette smoking, inappropriate diet and physical inactivity. CVD is a complex chronic condition and the patient with CVD require a long term care in their everyday life situations including at home and in the community. Therefore, literacy skills on health-related information are fundamental for those with CVD to improve compliance in self-management (Lee, et al. 2012). This essay will define health literacy and explore the elements
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The Ottawa Charter for health promotion in 1986 defined health promotion as the process of helping people to increase control over and improve their health (World Health Organazation, 2014). Health promotion also incorporates the client capacity to cope with any changes to their health and giving importance to their health goals that satisfied with their needs (Chen & Lin, 2010). The Ottawa Charter (1986) for health promotion outlines five major action strategies for health promotion including building healthy public policies, creative supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills and reorienting health system. It sets out in order to achieve the goal of health for all by the year 2000 and beyond (World Health Organization, 2014). In other words, it is a concept of helping individual and wider community to improve their enthusiasm to strive for optimal health, and supporting them in changing their lifestyle to in the direction of optimal wellness (O’Donnell, …show more content…
However, study showed that health education is widely misunderstood by community nurses, with many having narrow insight of the concept, describing it generally in terms of individualised health education, while undervalue socio-political influences (Piper, 2008). Further, some studies outline the important correlation between poverty, literacy, powerlessness, isolation and the reality that disadvantages people in the community are most at risk of lifestyle modification of chronic illness. (Harries, 2008). Therefore, before community nurses go aboard on any health education strategies for individual, families, or communities, it is fundamental for them to fully look at the values that influence their teaching process and practice (Piper,
The Ottawa Charter for health promotion in 1986 defined health promotion as the process of helping people to increase control over and improve their health (World Health Organazation, 2014). Health promotion also incorporates the client capacity to cope with any changes to their health and giving importance to their health goals that satisfied with their needs (Chen & Lin, 2010). The Ottawa Charter (1986) for health promotion outlines five major action strategies for health promotion including building healthy public policies, creative supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills and reorienting health system. It sets out in order to achieve the goal of health for all by the year 2000 and beyond (World Health Organization, 2014). In other words, it is a concept of helping individual and wider community to improve their enthusiasm to strive for optimal health, and supporting them in changing their lifestyle to in the direction of optimal wellness (O’Donnell, …show more content…
However, study showed that health education is widely misunderstood by community nurses, with many having narrow insight of the concept, describing it generally in terms of individualised health education, while undervalue socio-political influences (Piper, 2008). Further, some studies outline the important correlation between poverty, literacy, powerlessness, isolation and the reality that disadvantages people in the community are most at risk of lifestyle modification of chronic illness. (Harries, 2008). Therefore, before community nurses go aboard on any health education strategies for individual, families, or communities, it is fundamental for them to fully look at the values that influence their teaching process and practice (Piper,