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Coercion marks digital health promotion in India
On September 27, the Prime Minister launched the Aayushman Bharat (ABDM) digital mission to create a seamless online platform that enables interoperability within the digital health ecosystem.
According to the statement of the Prime…
Mental health promotion: the facts – ZimEye
Mental Health Promotion: The Facts
The World Health Organization's new Mental Health Atlas paints a disappointing picture of a global failure to provide people with the mental health services they need, at a time when the COVID-19…
Using health promotion to support healthy aging
Lesley Hayes Senior Lecturer in Nursing, School of Health, Science and Wellbeing, Staffordshire University, Stafford, England…
Health promotion in schools must be holistic
Dr Eva Neely -
We need a more holistic approach to health promotion in schools to empower young people.
I was dissatisfied reading literature on youth nutrition, which was often narrow and negative.
Young people are always frowned!-->…
UMass Public Health Promotion Center COVID-19 Update
The Public Health Promotion Center (PHPC) is closely monitoring COVID-19 test results. Over the past week, we have seen an increase in positive cases, primarily among students vaccinated off campus. All cases were short-lived, resulting…
Update from the Center for Public Health Promotion on vaccines, testing and new location for fall…
Updated on August 29, 2021
Dear university community,
We are writing to share information regarding vaccines, testing protocols, quarantine and isolation measures, and the new location of the Center for Public Health Promotion (PHPC) for…
Work on strengthening provincial health promotion underway
The training also highlighted the problems encountered at the provincial level and how to disseminate accurate and timely information to the general population to avoid uncertainty and unnecessary fear among the general population. The…
Afrocentric approach to health promotion may help increase vaccination rates among blacks
To increase vaccination rates among blacks at high risk of COVID-19, using an Afro-centric health promotion approach centered on respecting patient values and perspectives may help, the authors argue in a commentary.…
Singapore Health Promotion Council has $ 4 million in excess of fitness trackers, Auditor General…
Singapore's Office of the Auditor General reviewed the purchase and management of fitness trackers by the country's Health Promotion Board for its National Steps Challenge program and found that the agency had excess unused trackers and had…
New undergraduate degree will focus on wellness and health promotion
In response to the growing demand for health and wellness workers, the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona is now offering a Bachelor of Arts in Wellness and Health Promotion Practice. The new…