A Study of Public Nurses' Activities for Health Promotion

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In order to identify appropriate methods for health promotion activities, cases of activities performed by residents with a view to improve well-being in the community life were analyzed in terms of process and components of the activity. The activities analyzed included three cases with and two cases without involvement of public health nurses. The analysis revealed that former cases aimed at improved self-care, while the latter did not. Promoting factors identified in all activity cases included democratized discussion, a democratic leader, and timely learning.A survey was conducted to compare the health behavior and the attitude towards community health activities between members of health learning groups and persons getting the community health examination to evaluate the effect of support for health learning. Group members showed more favorable health behavior such as avoiding salty food and taking a walk.Community meetings were held, and their outcome and further challenges were determined from the viewpoint of the active participation of residents in the policy making and the partnership with governmental organizations.