Health Promotion Topics for Adults
The world is embedded in an uproar of various onslaughts from pandemics to disasters and multiple life-threatening occurrences that menace humanity’s sanity hence a predicament to their health. For a society to burgeon, it requires full functioning in its holders’ physical and mental state, the people. Good health is the root of all successes’, from economic prosperity, political stability, and unity; therefore, it is essential to perpetuating our health through health promotion. Health promotion is the approach of improving societies and individuals’ health (Duplaga et al., 2016). According to the World Health Organization, peoples’ control over their health is enabled by health promotion (Chiu, 2020). Health promotion aims to influence individuals’ health deportment, together with the working conditions affecting their behaviors. The primordial level is essential as it focuses on the causes before the risk compared to the secondary and tertiary levels. This study aims to discuss the primary health promotion areas for adults and the advantages of promoting health in adults.
Firstly, dieting and exercising are the paramount primary health-promoting behaviors in adults. Proper nutrition and regular physical activity are considered the first defensive mechanism in the fight against obesity and cardiovascular diseases, respectively. The sedentary lifestyle with an adults-for example- spending most of their time sitting down and watching television and the high consumption of fast foods is quite hazardous as it complemented with terminal illnesses. The American Heart Association’s recommendations were to take a diet high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fats and sugars, and 75 minutes of intense exercises per week (Ross et al., 2017). Therefore, dieting and exercising are essential in adults’ health promotion by eradicating obesity and cardiovascular diseases, thus maintaining a high mortality rate.
Secondly, stress management is another health promotion topic in adults. The high demands and low control in an adults’ life may contribute to chronic stress. Chronic stress leads to increased consumption of junk foods which causes weight gain, abdominal adiposity, and obesity (Ross et al., 2017). Also, prolonged stress contributes to smoking and alcohol consumption (Ross et al., 2017). However, adults who exercise regularly, sleep adequately, and engage a counselor can manage their life situation, thus reduce burnout and stress. Stress management in adults is essential as it enables them to balance all life activities, thus a health promotion behavior.
Lastly, sleep hygiene is an essential topic in health promotion in adults. The importance of getting adequate sleep is consistently underestimated. A consistent link between sleep deprivation and obesity, malfunction of the health system, and less memory processing is witnessed (Ross et al., 2017). Adequate amounts of high-quality sleep are essential for the human mind and body to be vigilant in day-to-day activities. Sleep hygiene in adults is crucial as it balances the human body activities, thus reducing health promotion.
Advantages of Promoting Health in Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic has been such a misshapen to our daily routines. My friend Taylor, who always had her morning jogs, was rudely interrupted by the pandemic lockdown. CBN morning shows to E’s Nightly pop shows later replaced her morning routines. She incurred more sleep debts which did not make much sense as she did not do much. Taylor drastically gained weight and started complaining of back pains. After the lockdown’s uplift, she adjusted to her regular daily routines, from morning jogs, work, and adequate sleep, and she has never been better.
This study shows the evidence-based topics on health promotion. According to Cameron and Schneider (2018), The advantages of health promotion in adults include;
- Health promotion improves the quality of life.
- Health promotion reduces disability
- Health promotion increases self-efficacy
- Health promotion improves positive health behaviors
- Health promotion reduces premature deaths
- Health promotion reduces the financial cost incurred during medical treatment
Conclusion
In conclusion, the study was on health promotion topics in adults and evidence-based health promotion benefits. The first health promotion topic was dieting and exercising, which reduce obesity and cardiovascular diseases. The second topic was stress management which reduces weight gain and abdominal adiposity. The last topic on health promotion was sleep hygiene which reduces fatigue and malfunctioning of the body’s immune system. Health promotion in adults should be encouraged despite the busy lives people encounter from work to family and community service. What methods should be used to motivate positive health behaviors?