Med. Pr. 2007;58(6):485-499 |
ATTITUDES OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE NURSES TOWARDS WORKERS' HEALTH PROMOTION |
POSTAWY PIELĘGNIAREK SŁUŻBY MEDYCYNY PRACY WOBEC PROMOCJI ZDROWIA ZATRUDNIONYCH |
Krzysztof Puchalski, Elżbieta Korzeniowska, Eliza Iwanowicz |
Abstract
Background: The paper outlines the outcomes of a survey aimed at identifying the
attitudes of occupational medicine nurses towards health promotion. Material and Methods: The survey was carried out
on a random sample of 277 nurses. Results: Almost
all respondents think that their occupational group should undertake health
promotion activities. However, half of them is convinced that health promotion
is only a new name for health education and medical prophylaxis. The vast
majority of nurses think that under health promotion programs they should
mostly deal with individual health education of patients and encourage them to
adopt healthy lifestyles, and they usually undertake this kind of activities. A
large number of respondents are not willing to be involved in the organization,
marketing, and evaluation of health promotion projects. Conclusions: There is a great need to
intensify measures to motivate nurses to play the roles that are neglected by
them, such as looking for new professional groups to undertake activities
stimulating health promotion in companies, and developing new institutional and
systemic support conducive to making progress in such processes. Med Pr
2007;58(6):485-499
Key words
occupational medicine nurses, workplace health promotion