Today, health promotion has become more relevant than ever in addressing challenges related to public health. The adverse effects of climate change, sedentary lifestyles, financial crises, security threats, and access to unhealthy foods contribute to public health challenges (FRAC, 2017). Therefore, implementing efforts to make healthier lifestyle choices can help populations significantly reduce the risks of poor health. An example of a partnership model of care within the health promotion perspective is the making every contact count (MECC) approach to behavior change which encourages changes in behavior that have positive health effects (Making Every Contact Count, 2022). Within the approach, great importance is placed on people and organizations’ daily interactions. The importance of the approach lies in the possibility of a multi-dimensional input of health promotion at different levels: national, regional, and local.
The five basic principles of health promotion include a broach and positive health concept, involvement in care, action and action competence, a settings perspective, and equity in health. These principles allow for unifying health promotion into a single comprehensive approach and represent “management tools” that have led to new discoveries in health while also helping determine limitations (Grabowski et al., 2017). Thus, when applied to such service areas as radiography, health promotion principles enable activities for the benefit of patients and other groups (SOR, 2011).
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Grabowski, D., Aagaard-Hansen, J., Willaing, I., & Jensen, B. B. (2017). Principled promotion of health: Implementing five guiding health promotion principles for research-based prevention and management of diabetes. Societies, 7(2), 10. Web.
Making Every Contact Count. (2022). Home. Web.
SOR. (2011). Health Promotion: guidance and advice for the radiography workforce. Web.