THE NURSE’S ROLE IN HEALTH PROMOTION

Ns. Elfrida Simamora, S. Kep.,M. Kep

 Summary
Nurses play an important role in promoting
public health. Traditionally, the focus of
health promotion by nurses has been on
disease prevention and changing the behavior
of individuals with respect to their health.
However, their role as promoters of health is
more complex, since they have multi-
disciplinary knowledge and experience of
health promotion in their nursing practice.
 WHAT IS THE
NURSE'S ROLE?
 What is the ROLE?

“Role is the behavior expected by others towards someone according to

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their position in the system, which can be influenced by social conditions

both from professions that are constant”

 THE NURSE'S ROLE

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ADVOCATE RESEARCHER

COORDINATOR
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The Role of Nurses in Health Education and Promotion in Health Facilities,
Educational Institutions, Workplaces and Public Places.

Nurses in Health Facilities (such as Puskesmas) as health workers, at least can act as
health service providers through nursing care, health educators or extension workers,
case finders, liaisons and coordinators, executors of nursing counseling and role models.

Education Institution: In real situations nursing students and lecturers often carry out
community service activities which generally also describe health promotion efforts such
as health education for certain groups and outreach to the general public.
The Role of Nurses in Health Education and Promotion in Health Facilities,
Educational Institutions, Workplaces and Public Places.

Worksite: in the work environment the role of nurses is highly expected because of the
limited knowledge possessed by workers, for example health promotion efforts in the
Occupational Health Safety (K3) order.

The role of nurses to socialize regulations regarding the prohibition of smoking in

public places is one of the efforts in health promotion.
The Role of Nurses in Health Promotion in Social Organizations/Professional
Organizations/Mass Media?

Such cooperation can be in the form of providing continuous information so that

clients can change from not knowing to knowing or being aware (knowledge
aspect), from knowing to being willing (attitude aspect) and from wanting to be
able to carry out the introduced behavior (practice aspect)
The Role of Nurses in Health Promotion in Government/Politician/Private
Institutions?

Nurses have an important role in improving health, one of which is in collaboration

with other health workers in utilizing and maximizing health service facilities as a
place to carry out promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health
efforts.
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 “The role of nurses has included clinical nursing
practices, consultation, follow-up treatment, patient
education and illness prevention. This has improved
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the availability of health-care services, reduced
symptoms of chronic diseases, increased cost-
effectiveness and enhanced customers’ experiences
of health-care services”
 WHAT TYPE OF HEALTH PROMOTION EXPERTISE
DO NURSES HAVE ????

General Health Promoters

01

Patient-focused Health 02 04
Promoters

Managers of Health Promotion 03

Projects
Portfolio Presentation
 What factors
contribute to nurses’
ability to carry out
health promotion?
IN STUDY-CASE
“HEALTH PROMOTION IN
THE PREVENTION OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE”
 “INTRODUCTION”

Global estimates suggest that 35% of women worldwide have experienced some form
of domestic violence, the vast majority of which is intimate partner violence. As far as
its health impacts go, domestic violence is considered a significant public health
problem, where the human, social and economic costs outweigh the costs of smoking.
There is no doubt that domestic violence is a problem that requires serious attention and
because of its complexity and wide manifestations, this requires an integrated multi-
sector response, especially the health sector which is a role model in responding to and
preventing it.
 2015 2016
1993
“The UN Agenda for
United Nations Sustainable A global action
1995 plan to strengthen
Development 2030 with
Declaration on
The Beijing a global target to the role of the
the Elimination eliminate “all forms of health system in a
Declaration
of Violence violence against women
multi-sectoral
and girls in public and
Against Women private settings” manner
Targets:
Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and
girls in the public and private spheres, including
human trafficking and sexual and other types of
exploitation.
The role of
the nurse
in health
promotion
?
 The Nurse’s Role of Domestic Violence
Source: Afiyanti & Anggi,2017:

Primary Prevention

Secondary Prevention

Tertiary Prevention
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