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Namdar Ahmadabad H, Rajabzadeh R, Hosseini S, Jafarimoghadam A. Evaluating Health Promotion Standards in Educational Hospitals Affiliated with North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. Health Educ Health Promot 2024; 12 (4) :571-579
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1- Vector-borne Diseases Research, Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
2- Department of Midwifery, School of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
3- Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
4- Vice-Chancellor of Treatment Affairs, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
2- Department of Midwifery, School of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
3- Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
4- Vice-Chancellor of Treatment Affairs, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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Aims: Health promotion standards focus on the needs of patients and their companions, serving as the foundation for fostering a healthy lifestyle for both patients and society. The present study aimed to determine the state of health promotion standards in educational hospitals affiliated with North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences using both internal and external evaluation methods.
Instrument & Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study, six educational hospitals affiliated with the North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences were recruited through census sampling. The World Health Organization’s self-assessment tool for health promotion in hospitals, which had been previously translated, localized, and validated, was used to collect data. This internal evaluation tool includeed four standards (management policy and program, health promotion of patients and families, health promotion of staff, and health promotion of hospitals and their surroundings) and 67 substandards. The internal evaluation team was selected from experienced hospital staff, while the external evaluation team was selected from the research team. They scored the status of each substandard from one to ten based on observations, documents, and interviews.
Findings: The internal evaluations revealed that hospitals made significant progress in health promotion standards, with a total average score of 7.05±2.25. The total average score of the external evaluation was 5.44±2.04, indicating that most evaluated hospitals were in the moderate stage of progress. In both internal and external evaluation results, the highest average score was related to the standard for health promotion of patients and families, while the lowest total average score was associated with the standard for health promotion of staff.
Conclusion: Educational hospitals affiliated with the North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences exhibit progress in health promotion but need improvement, particularly in staff health promotion.
Instrument & Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study, six educational hospitals affiliated with the North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences were recruited through census sampling. The World Health Organization’s self-assessment tool for health promotion in hospitals, which had been previously translated, localized, and validated, was used to collect data. This internal evaluation tool includeed four standards (management policy and program, health promotion of patients and families, health promotion of staff, and health promotion of hospitals and their surroundings) and 67 substandards. The internal evaluation team was selected from experienced hospital staff, while the external evaluation team was selected from the research team. They scored the status of each substandard from one to ten based on observations, documents, and interviews.
Findings: The internal evaluations revealed that hospitals made significant progress in health promotion standards, with a total average score of 7.05±2.25. The total average score of the external evaluation was 5.44±2.04, indicating that most evaluated hospitals were in the moderate stage of progress. In both internal and external evaluation results, the highest average score was related to the standard for health promotion of patients and families, while the lowest total average score was associated with the standard for health promotion of staff.
Conclusion: Educational hospitals affiliated with the North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences exhibit progress in health promotion but need improvement, particularly in staff health promotion.
Article Type: Descriptive & Survey |
Subject:
Health Promotion Setting
Received: 2024/09/2 | Accepted: 2024/11/7 | Published: 2024/11/10
Received: 2024/09/2 | Accepted: 2024/11/7 | Published: 2024/11/10
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