Prescribing health promotion in Primary Care consultation offices
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Gómez González RM, Fernández González J, Martín Arrate ML, Dorta Espiñeira MD, Guillermo García E, León Rodríguez RM. Prescripción de promoción de salud en las consultas de Atención Primaria. RIdEC 2012; 5(1):11-22.
Authors
1Rosa María Gómez González, 1Jerónimo Fernández González, 1María Luisa Martín Arrate, 1María Mercedes Dorta Espiñeira, 2Eusebio Guillermo
Position
1Centro de salud de Tacoronte. Santa Cruz de Tenerife2Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Contact address
Rosa Mª Gómez González. Carretera General del Norte, km 21. 38350 Tacoronte (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
Contact email: meinata73@yahoo.es
Abstract
Material and method: Cross-sectional observational study. Simple random sampling: users who attended the clinic between February and March 2010 and records of health activities carried out (2008 and 2009). Sources: record of activities (activity logs) in Excel spread data sheet; variables: professional category, name of workshop, number of participants and duration of the activity. Questionnaire designed and piloted in the center and aimed at users, 16 multiple-choice items, and variables: sex, age, educational level, occupation, previous diseases, lifestyle, and reason for consultation, frequency of consultations, health perception and information received from the professionals.
Results:
- 73 health activities were conducted with a total of 681 hours, aimed at 4,257 users.
- 253 users answered the questionnaire. Worth pointing out is that 51% of the users did not work, 13% were diabetic, 20% smoked daily, 68.4% exercised, 44.27% had a medical consultation and 32% presented to the nursing consultation office without an appointment (walk-ins). 52.17% of these users felt that the professional could give them health information to remain healthy.
Conclusions: The nursing personnel mainly performed health promotion activities. Users had a good perception of health. Their priority needs were nutrition, exercise and posture hygiene (body mechanics).
Keywords:
health education; health promotion; Nursing role; Primary Care
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Prescripción de promoción de salud en las consultas de Atención Primaria
