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What is a Health Promoting Health Service? |
Kooweerup Regional Health Service is one of the first Victorian Hospitals to become a Health Promoting Hospital and has joined the International Health Promoting Hospitals network.
A health promoting health service is a hospital that knows that good health is about more than treating sick people. A health promoting health service works towards improving the health of the people in the community, its patients and it's own staff.
What are health promotion activities?
Health promoting activities happen every day as part of everyday work. Examples include: health information, healthy food choices, promoting breastfeeding, falls prevention. However specific activities have emphasis such as Physical Activity, Healthy eating and social cohesion.
Where do health activities take place?
Health promoting activities can occur anywhere. All Staff (including nurses, cooks, and gardeners) work and meet with people in many places in the community and can be in a position to support health promoting activities.
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