Women's Health Promotion Plan - Healthy Population

 Women's Health Promotion Plan - Healthy Population

           

 Because Filipino culture revolves around families and is often neighborhood focused, the neighborhood’s healthy women are an excellent place to start with the implementation of the health promotion plan. Although other activities are occurring at the health fair (as discussed in the overview), this aspect of the promotion plan will focus specifically on the assessment and screenings component.

 This plan will begin with assembling the nurse and nursing student volunteers to set up several tables in the entertainment area of the market.  Tables will include free basic health assessments and screenings such as blood pressure, blood sugar, vision tests, pregnancy tests and health reporting questionnaires.  Nurses will triage persons into one of the four categories by recording screening results and results from questionnaires.  Names and addresses will also be recorded so that clinic records can be updated and patients can be contacted.  

 For participants deemed to be in the healthy population, nurses will provide them with positive verbal feedback as well as additional educational information.  Participants will be offered the opportunity to serve as neighborhood peer mentors, a position of esteem and service. Those participants interested in the mentor program will receive further training at upcoming workshops and will be given mentor t-shirts and identification badges.  Public poster presentations will be displayed in areas around town, identifying and edifying these mentors. 

 Identification and support to those individuals already displaying healthy behaviors assists them in maintaining their health practices and decreases the health burden of the neighborhood.  By engaging both men and women within the neighborhood, the influence comes from persons that are already considered family or friends.  It also serves to empower individuals to help themselves as well as others.  (University Research Company, LLC 2011).

 Through continued partnership with USAID, local government and outside charities, small incentives for modeling healthy behaviors and assisting community members could be offered.  These may include samples of health & hygiene goods and awards to be presented at planned community health activities.  This provides some aspect of external reinforcement as well as increases visibility of the program to other persons.