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A sociological approach to health promotion for nurses in an institutional setting
Author(s) -
Caraher Martin
Publication year - 1994
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.1365-2648.1994.tb02394.x
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , health promotion , sociology , sociological theory , nursing , medicine , psychology , social science , political science , public health , politics , law
This paper sets out to examine health promotion practice in hospital settings from a sociological viewpoint It starts by tracing the development of health promotion among hospital and community nurses The influences that professional and institutional structures and agendas have in health promotion are explored and a model of operation is proposed The main emphasis is that health promotion is not an activity relying solely on skills acquisition by the nurse, but one that requires recognition of where power and control are located A model of working is proposed which takes account of the institutional and professional agendas and the need to balance these with the needs and rights of the patient