Health Promotions Intervention Theory

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HEALTH PROMOTIONS INTERVENTION THEORY

Health promotion is a process of enabling individuals to improve their health conditions or increase their control over health conditions Health promotions basically depend on a number of theories and models . A health promotion theory comprises of a set of related propositions that act as an explanation to a certain health condition . The theory is introduced after a certain health condition has shown some uniformities and it is supposed to provide principles that will then provide a basis

for explaining certain health phenomenon . The most common theories used in the health intervention exercise are the theory of planned behavior and the social cognitive theory . Most theories have a subclass called a model that provides a plan for addressing a certain phenomenon

Recent studies have indicated that there are a lot of disparities based on racial and ethnic groups in the mental health care . The priority population is those individuals who are suffering from mental illnesses and at the same time they belong to a minority race or ethnic group . The problem of disparities in the mental health sector is evident in the gaps that exist in accessing health care , poor diagnostic practices and the provision of the optimum treatment is limited by race and ethnic group . Racial and ethnic differences have caused a lot of disparities in the diagnosis of mental illnesses and this has been extended to the treatment of the illness . The major cause for these disparities is that...