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Health promotion self‐care within Orem's general theory of nursing
Author(s) -
Hartweg Donna L
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01670.x
Subject(s) - health promotion , promotion (chess) , nursing , health education , nursing practice , nursing theory , health care , logical analysis , psychology , medicine , medline , public health , mathematics , political science , politics , law , mathematical statistics , statistics
The growing emphasis on health promotion by society and the increasing utilization of Orem's general theory of nursing to guide practice, education and research create a need to clanfy health promotion activity withm the model The concept of health promotion self‐care is developed after an analysis of statements by Pender and Orem for their logical congruence Further m‐depth analysis of Orem's model facibtates the placement of the new concept within its current structure The potential strength of the model for guiding health promotion practice is discussed, as well as areas for needed development