Health promotion services for lifestyle development within a UK hospital--Patients' experiences and views.

ABSTRACT:

Background

UK public health policy requires hospitals to have in place health promotion services which enable patients to improve their health through adopting healthy behaviours, i.e. health education. This study investigated hospitalised patients' experiences of health education for smoking, alcohol use, diet, physical activity, and weight, and their views concerning the appropriateness of hospitals as a setting for the delivery of health education services.

Methods

Recently discharged adult hospital patients (n = 322) were sent a questionnaire asking about their smoking, alcohol use, diet, physical activity, and weight. For each of these risk factors, participants were asked whether they agreed with screening for the risk factor, whether they received health education, wh

SUBMITTER: Haynes CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2527563 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature