scholarly journals Development and validation of the WHO self-assessment tool for health promotion in hospitals: results of a study in 38 hospitals in eight countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Groene ◽  
J. Alonso ◽  
N. Klazinga
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Development And Validation

scholarly journals Development and Validation of a Self-Assessment Tool for an Integrative Model of Health Promotion in Hospitals: Taiwan’s Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 1953
Author(s):  
Ying-Wei Wang ◽  
Shu-Li Chia ◽  
Chien-Ming Chou ◽  
Michael S. Chen ◽  
Jürgen M. Pelikan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Floor Effect ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Validity Tests ◽  
Development And Validation

The Health Promotion Administration of Taiwan launched an integrative certification initiative in 2016 to streamline a plural system of certifications of health promotion in hospitals. It endeavored to replace original certifications, thereby establishing the proposal of a self-assessment instrument to aid in this integration. This study aimed to verify the robustness of this self-assessment tool by conducting exploratory factor analyses through stratification, reliability tests, content and construct validity tests, and specialist evaluations, which were convened to judge the comprehensibility, applicability, and importance of the standards and measures of this tool. A stratified random sampling of 46 hospitals was performed to confirm the validity of this tool. The tool rendered a floor effect of 0% and a ceiling effect of 13%. A valid factor structure and internal consistency (α ranged from 0.88 to 0.96) in each standard were verified. Hospitals with previous certificates or with 300+ beds achieved high compliance scores. A majority of experts agreed that the sub-standards were comprehensible (≥80%), applicable (≥70%), and important (≥70%). Finally, we conclude that the self-assessment tool is valid and can serve as a reference for other countries with hospitals committed to health promotion in hospital settings.

scholarly journals Use of online promotion to encourage patient awareness of aspirin use to prevent heart attack and stroke

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 1059-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian G Southwell ◽  
Milton Eder ◽  
John Finnegan ◽  
Alan T Hirsch ◽  
Russell V Luepker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Paid Search ◽  
General Search ◽  
Google Search

BackgroundLiterature on health promotion evaluation and public understanding of health suggests the importance of investigating behaviour over time in conjunction with information environment trends as a way of understanding programme impact. We analysed population response to online promotion of an educational tool built by the Ask About Aspirin campaign in the USA to inform people about aspirin as a preventive aid.MethodsWe collected 156 weeks of time series data on audience behaviour, namely use of a self-assessment tool. We then used the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) modelling to predict that outcome as a function of paid search engine advertising, paid social media promotion and general search interest in aspirin.ResultsThrough ARIMA modelling of tool engagement data adjusted for outcome series autocorrelation, we found a significant effect of online promotional effort on audience behaviour. Total paid search advertising positively predicted weekly total of individuals who started using the self-assessment tool, coefficient=0.023, t=3.28, p=0.001. This effect did not appear to be an artefact of broader secular trends, as Google search data on the topic of aspirin use did not add explanatory power in the final model nor did controlling for general search interest eliminate the significant coefficient for paid search promotion.ConclusionResults hold implications both for educational tool development and for understanding health promotion campaign effects. We witnessed substantial but ephemeral effects on tool use as a function of paid search efforts, suggesting prioritisation of efforts to affect search engine results as a dissemination tactic.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of an Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Taiwan (OSTAi) Postmenopausal Women-A Sub-Study of the Taiwan OsteoPorosis Survey (TOPS)

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. e0130716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu-Mei Su ◽  
Dung-Huan Liu ◽  
Jia-Feng Chen ◽  
Shan-Fu Yu ◽  
Wen-Chan Chiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Development And Validation

scholarly journals How Methodology Makes Topics: Ageing Immigrants as a Blind Spot in the Migration Research in Austria. A Research Note

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Ursula Trummer ◽  
Sonja Novak-Zezula
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

The current research note describes a process where by applying the qualitative method of expert interviews, researchers got confronted with a new topic in their area of expertise that was not on the radar of their research. In the framework of an evaluation study on health promotion interventions for migrants in an urban setting, researchers applied a mixed methods approach. Quantitative element was a self-assessment tool, where providers of health promotion measures described their clientele and rated the quality of their services along given categories. Qualitative element was a series of semi-structured interviews with management and front line service providers. While the self-assessment tool delivered expected results, the interviews revealed an aspect concerning needs and problems of a migrant group researchers had not thought of before. This is the group of immigrants from the 1960ies, coming mainly from Turkey and Former Yugoslavia, now reaching or having reached retirement age. This group was reported as being extremely vulnerable and at risk of a double discrimination as being “old” and “migrant”. Desk research was conducted in reaction to such data, showing that information on this group is scarce. Given the demographic developments with rising shares of (old) aged immigrants living in Austria, it will be important to improve the respective knowledge base.

scholarly journals Food Integrity Climate in Food Businesses: Conceptualization, Development, and Validation of a Self-Assessment Tool

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1302
Author(s):  
Waeel Salih Alrobaish ◽  
Liesbeth Jacxsens ◽  
Pieternel A Luning ◽  
Peter Vlerick
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Food Fraud ◽  
Likert Rating Scale ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
Food Integrity ◽  
Development And Validation

Current scientific research and industry guidelines focus on food safety, aiming to reduce unintentional food contaminations through technological and managerial measures. Due to the deceptive nature of food fraud, the fight to prevent intentional food adulteration and counterfeiting threats requires an approach that goes beyond the common food safety-based strategies and falls into the sphere of food integrity. With food integrity being an emerging discipline, a definition was proposed and the concept of food integrity climate was introduced. A food integrity climate (FIC) self-assessment tool in the form of a questionnaire, with twenty indicators and a five-point Likert rating scale was developed, expert-validated, and tested in practice in a large-scale meat distribution company. The questionnaire was designed to measure the performance level of food integrity in food businesses along the supply chain through managers’ and operators’ perceptions. Minor but interesting differences were found in the food integrity climate perceived between managers and operators as well as among the company’s affiliates. The tool helps food businesses to get a deeper insight on the human dimension behind food integrity through the assessment of five climate components in relation to four food integrity elements, identifying strengths and weaknesses regarding a company’s food integrity climate.

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