Research in health promotion and nursing

This book of readings explores the subject of health promotion and its relationship to nursing and reviews research in this area which demonstrates the nature, effectiveness and extent of health promotion in practice. Internationally famous experts in the field are induded in the list of more than twenty contributors which spans all areas of nursing, midwifery, health visiting and health education. As such this is the first collection of its kind! Most of the chapters are based on papers given at a very successful international conference, especially selected because of their rigorous research base and depth of understanding. Aimed at senior students, practitioners and teachers in nursing and allied health care fields, this book will help to darify terms and explain how health promotion can be integrated into practice and evaluated. The variety of topics covered is wide and the presentation of the material provides easy access for readers. Sections are introduced with linking passages which offer synthesis and commentary. All the chapters discuss the relationship between nursing and health promotion, accepting that this is an important component of the nursing role. In the first chapter, Keith Tones demonstrates how political and economic factors impinge on health at every level. Awareness of this is essential when attempting to counter the effects of deprivation and adverse political forces. This is followed by the first of five sections in which theoretical and ethical issues are explored and in some chapters the philosophy of health promotion and nursing is challenged. The second section on health promotion in practice demonstrates how far nurses have been able to adapt in order to reflect the values and openness required. Chapters in this section indicate that a fundamental shift in the process of providing care is necessary. Because health promotion is an enabling, empowering strategy, staff need to alter their perspectives and behaviour. Few seem able to do this as yet, but models of good practice are starting to emerge. Good models dearly need to be described and replicated and the third section of chapters provides some beneficial directions. Mental health is also targeted in two of the contributions and while this area of I ~ PEACE ~ ~ ~ ~ Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-2 The theory of health promotion: implications for nursing....Pages 3-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 The meaning of health promotion: a personal view....Pages 15-19 The ethics of health education....Pages 20-28 Health promotion — a human science?....Pages 29-35 A social behavioural approach to understanding and promoting condom use....Pages 36-42 A case study of ethical issues in health promotion — mammography screening: the nurse’s position....Pages 43-50 Nursing as health promotion — a myth accepted?....Pages 51-58 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Factors influencing nurses’ health education and health promotion practice in acute ward areas....Pages 61-71 Health education and health promotion in acute ward settings: nurses’ perceptions and practice....Pages 72-79 Opportunities for health education: an analysis of nurse-client interactions in acute areas....Pages 80-85 Lay participation in care: threat to the status quo....Pages 86-100 Hospitalisation and discharge of stroke patients: the relatives’ experiences....Pages 101-106 Client participation in health promotion encounters with health visitors....Pages 107-118 Practice nursing and health promotion: a case study....Pages 119-131 Assessment of older people at home — a missed opportunity?....Pages 132-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-143 Healthier children through empowerment....Pages 145-153 Description of facilitative nursing interventions in primary health care: preliminary results....Pages 154-159 Towards healthier families....Pages 160-173 Evaluating the impact of training community psychiatric nurses to educate relatives about schizophrenia: implications for health promotion at the secondary level....Pages 174-184 Front Matter....Pages 141-143 Meeting mental health education needs of patients: the potential role of the psychiatric nurse....Pages 185-193 Front Matter....Pages 195-196 Knowledge and distress: implications for cardiac recovery programmes....Pages 197-203 Evaluating the effectiveness of the coronary care nurses’ role in smoking cessation....Pages 204-216 Working with a women’s slimming group: a case study of health promotion....Pages 217-224 Healthy living after illness....Pages 225-229 Teaching aids: a study of school nurses’ views of their role in HIV/AIDS education....Pages 230-236 Occupational health policies for the health service....Pages 237-246 Front Matter....Pages 247-248 Development of a programme of health promotion research....Pages 249-255 From sick nursing to health nursing: evolution or revolution?....Pages 256-270 Back Matter....Pages 271-282 Research in Health Promotion and Nursing presents a refreshing research- based perspective on the vital relationships between health promotion and nursing practice. Contributions have been sought from a distinguished group of health professionals whose expertise spans all areas of nursing, midwifery, health visiting and health education. The main sections of the book focus on ethical and theoretical issues, nurse's perceptions, health promotion in practice, the nurse's developing health promotion role and the impact of nursing interventions on patients' lifestyles. This text moves beyond rhetoric by demonstrating the vital importance of empirical research and the evaluation of practice, often raising more questions than it answers, and providing a thought-provoking series of jumping-off points for all health professionals interested in progressive practice. This volume presents a research-based perspective on the vital relationships between health promotion and nursing practice. The contributions are from health professionals from all areas of nursing, midwifery, health visiting and health education.