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A transformative vision for health: Promoting nursing colleges [Symposium]

Abstract

The health promotion action is a process to improve people health`s. In this context, people has an active role to enhance their well-being and wellness. The nursing college could be a health promoting context to enhance the health self-control of academic communities, and it creating a learning environment and organizational culture that enhances health. The main lines that characterized these contexts are: to adopt institutional compromises and build healthy policy, to promote well-being, knowledge in health"s area, critical health literacy, personal and social responsibility of the academic and local community.

The aim of the study was to describe the process of transforming nursing college in health promoting context using the PEER-IESS model (Brito & Mendes, 2009) and to analyse the contributions of the involvement of academic community in participatory health research. PEER-IESS intend to be a bottom-up strategy to implement health promotion contexts.

Authors

Liliana Mota

Author Details

Liliana Mota, MsC, RN, Nursing, Escola Superior de Enfermagem da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa de Oliveira de Azemeis, Oliveira da Azemeis, Portugal

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Non-member

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Presentation

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Keywords:

Health Promotion, Interventions, Participatory Health Research

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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Dublin, Ireland

The health promotion action is a process to improve people health`s. In this context, people has an active role to enhance their well-being and wellness. The nursing college could be a health promoting context to enhance the health self-control of academic communities, and it creating a learning environment and organizational culture that enhances health. The main lines that characterized these contexts are: to adopt institutional compromises and build healthy policy, to promote well-being, knowledge in health"s area, critical health literacy, personal and social responsibility of the academic and local community.

The aim of the study was to describe the process of transforming nursing college in health promoting context using the PEER-IESS model (Brito & Mendes, 2009) and to analyse the contributions of the involvement of academic community in participatory health research. PEER-IESS intend to be a bottom-up strategy to implement health promotion contexts.