Health promotion – This course is designed to understand the care of pregnant women and newborn: antenatal, intra-natal and postnatal; breast feeding, family planning, newborn care and ethical issues, The aim of the course is to acquire knowledge and develop competencies regarding midwifery, complicated labour and newborn care including family planning.
Health promotion
Definition of health promotion
According to World Health Organization (WHO) “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions”.
Definition of health education
According to World Health Organization (WHO) “Health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes”
Self-care during pregnancy:
Self-care during pregnancy refers to tending to the personal needs. Care during pregnancy may be coming from others, which is wonderful, but many women find that care from others falls short or simply can’t address the inner needs pregnancy magnifies.
Ways to meet personal needs of a pregnant women:
1. Enjoy a quiet moment.
2. Connect with sense of the universal or divine.
3. Identify what helps to come alive.
4. Give women pregnancy hopes, dreams, fears, and frustrations a physical space.
5. Practice human values.
Self-care teaching by nurses for women during pregnancy:
Nurses can promote self-care by providing information and concern about people right to ask questions and become actively involved in their own care. The nurse should provide education for self-care of women as follows:
1. Nutrition
2. Personal hygiene
3. Prevention of urinary tract infection
4. Kegel exercise
5. Preparation for breast feeding
6. Dental care
7. Physical activity
8. Posture and body mechanism
9. Rest and relaxation
10. Employment
11. Clothing
12. Travel
13. Medication
14. Immunization
15. Alcohol
16. Cigarette smoking and
17. Other substances
18. Recognizing potential complications etc
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