Open AccessThe Transferability of Health Promotion and Education Approaches Between Non-communicable Diseases and Communicable Diseases—an Analysis of Evidence
Author(s) -
David V. McQueen,
Erma Macourt,
Yuri Cartier,
Irina Dinca,
Ülla-Karin Nurm
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aims public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-8994
DOI - 10.3934/publichealth.2014.4.182
Subject(s) - health promotion , public health , knowledge translation , promotion (chess) , medicine , intervention (counseling) , non communicable disease , public relations , political science , knowledge management , computer science , nursing , politics , law
There is a seeming lack within the public health fields of both research and practice of information sharing across so-called "silos of work". Many professionals in the public health fields dealing with infectious diseases (IDs) are unaware of the programs and approaches taken by their colleagues in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arena, and vice versa. A particular instance of this is in the understanding and application of health promotion approaches. This is a problem that needs to be addressed with the goal of producing the most efficient and effective health promotion approaches to the prevention and control of diseases in general.