Health Promotion Program Planning
Submitted by
Alexis Heard
Columbus State University: KINS 5135U Program Design in Kinesiology
Dr. Gregory Palevo
January 21, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Health Promotion Program Planning
Health promotion program planning develops an evidence-informed program to promote a healthy lifestyle. The planning process includes operating planning components and strategic programs and a series of decisions to analyze and collect a pool of information. In simple words, it can be said that the process is all about making systematic and thoughtful decisions about what should be done. The topics to be discussed in the health promotion program planning that is interesting and important are obesity and smoking.
Obesity
The first topic for the assignment is obesity, and it is crucial to have intervention-based planning to control obesity. The reason for selecting obesity is that it is one of the most common issues for people with multiple issues. Being overweight increases the risk of serious diseases. The topic is equally interesting and important because many people do not consider obesity critical. An obese person is more vulnerable to chronic diseases, based on a survey. So, it can be said that obesity is a huge threat to public health, and it’s even more severe than an opioid epidemic.
Obesity is linked with hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, etc. There are also some substantial financial losses associated with obesity. Community-based intervention can be highly effective to have obesity prevention efforts. There are different obesity prevention plans specially designed for children and adults. However, some strategies can be effective for both adults and children (Samara, 2019).
Developing solutions through community network: A diverse group of people from the community, including organizations and community membership, must be invited to community Networks and promote awareness about obesity. Network to prevent obesity and raise awareness about its adverse impact would be more effective if social values, a coordinated approach, common goals, and incentives. Community networks can help with obesity by prioritizing needed changes, mapping community needs and assets, and planning an approach.
While developing targets to bring change, communities must prioritize goals that can be accomplished following an evidence-based intervention. Moreover, it is also essential that interventions combine nutrition and physical activities with helping people lose weight. These activities can include aerobic, nutrition education classes, lifestyle skills, strength training, etc. According to research, a combination of physical activities and nutrition can result in an average weight loss of 4 pounds in 6 months (Wickramasinghe, 2021).
Smoking
The second topic to be covered in the assignment is smoking. The topic is interesting because smoking may link to lifestyle, and many people may smoke in response to peer pressure. It is essential to have a proper health promotion plan for smoking that includes awareness about the adverse impact of smoking. Alongside societal change, it is crucial to promote tobacco education to prevent the uptake of smoking in your hand children. As long as smoking is a visible act in social media, tobacco education can play an essential role in preventing smoking in young children.
With regard to smoking, several recommendations can be found in the literature such as planning to ask guests not to smoke, all products of tobacco must be removed from a house, planning to inform peers that a person is trying to quit, planning to cope with withdrawal symptoms, intending to remain smoke-free of seeing someone else smoking, etc. These mentioned intervention plans can be a highly effective part of the health promotion plan regarding smoking. However, minimal research is done to know the positive impact of these intervention plans, making this topic even more interesting because there is a lot to learn (McClure, 2018).
Some people believe that switching to “light” cigarettes can effectively deal with addiction, which is not true. So there are a lot of misconceptions related to this topic which makes it interesting and worth studying. The research also shows that patients suffering from a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were motivated to quit smoking experienced effective health impacts after following an action plan. In comparison to obesity, smoking takes long-term planning to deal with the addiction. Similarly, the important factor in selecting an action plan is its successful enactment (Chen, 2018).
Conclusion
In conclusion, it can be said that the assignment has covered two health topics, including obesity and smoking, to show the importance of promoting health. The assignment has also covered some analysis on how health programs can help with the issues of obesity and smoking. The reason for selecting these two topics is because health issues are still considered common and not considered a serious concern.
 
 
 
Reflection
While in this class I plan on learning how to engage and inspire people in my community on ways to choose healthier behaviors on a day-to-day basis in their life. I would like to be able to show them how to make the correct and necessary changes needed to reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases and other morbidities during their best days of living. Disease prevention varies from health promotion because it focuses on certain efforts projected to reduce the development and seriousness of those specific health illnesses. I would like to learn some ways to promote health and disease prevention programs so I can help others in my community address the social determinants of health that can and will influence these chronic illnesses that lead up to lifetime health problems and even death. In this class I except to grasp all the concepts and contain the information needed to plan and strategize the proper way to create a community program to help those in need. I would like to learn the proper steps to take when organizing a health program that fits into the bigger problem with health concerns for those who struggle. Some people are more at risk than others for these two topics that I have chosen, and I am in the category of obesity for those who are at risk of becoming obese. I do believe that if I can create the right plan and then develop the right program it would be of much help to those who do not believe that it can happen to them. I also chose smoking, and this is because this is also a top killing and contributor to some major health issues in America. Smoking has not only put a damper on people lives, but it has also taken many lives. If this class can teach me what I need to put things in action the correct way, then I believe that I can make a difference in the community around me that can make a small impact on the world overall. I believe that this class will give me certain guidelines that are needed to see things from a smaller and national level from the views of the research that has been done and the research that is still going. With all of that information and the steps giving here I will have a start on what needs to be done from the micro-level that I would like to contribute too.
 
 
 
 
 

References

Chen, T. (2018). Are you smoking? An automatic alert system helps people keep away from cigarettes. Smart Health, 158-169.
McClure, J. B. (2018). Oral Health Promotion and Smoking Cessation Program Delivered via Tobacco Quitlines: The Oral Health 4 Life Trial. American Journal of Public Health (AJPH).
Samara, A. (2019). Health Promotion and Obesity in the Arab Gulf States: Challenges and Good Practices. Obesity in Asians: Predisposition, Noncommunicable Diseases, and Preventive Strategies.
Wickramasinghe, K. (2021). Childhood overweight and obesity reduction policies in Europe. Obesity Review.