Patient reports of health education activities in a public hospital.
Hospitals have been greatly underutilised as settings for health promotion activities in Australia. Most research on this subject has been derived from hospital administrators or clinicians. An exit survey of inpatients (n = 460) of a large regional public hospital in Queensland was conducted to examine reported levels of health education in relation to cancer prevention and control. Patients indicated considerable receptivity to a range of secondary prevention activities in the hospital setting, indicating the potential for an increased contribution to the national health agenda by many hospitals.
Stanton
W R
WR
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, University of Queensland.
Fisher
K J
KJ
Balanda
K P
KP
Gillespie
A M
AM
Lowe
J B
JB
D017677:Age Distribution; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D004522:Educational Status; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011793:Queensland; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014626:Vaginal Smears