Prevalence of community health-promoting practices in Singapore

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ID22945508
AutoresManimegalai Kailasam (Department of Epidemiology, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, 1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609606, Singapore, autor de correspondencia), Yin Maw Hsann (Department of Epidemiology, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, 1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609606, Singapore), Priyanka Vankayalapati (Department of Epidemiology, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, 1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609606, Singapore), Kok Soong Yang (Department of Epidemiology, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, 1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609606, Singapore)
Año2019
Volumen34
Número3
Páginas447-453
Fecha de publicación2019-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/dax101
PMID29294003
OpenAlexW2777948207
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas13

Both living and working environments have a substantial influence on promoting healthy living habits. A holistic and accurate assessment of the community health-promoting practices is important to identify gaps and to make continuous, tangible improvements. The aim of the study is to assess the prevalence of the Singapore community health-promoting practices. The community health-promoting practices in all residential zones of an electoral constituency were assessed based on a composite health promotion scoring system comprising of 44 measurable elements under the 5 domains of community support and resources; healthy behaviours; chronic conditions; mental health; and common medical emergencies. An alphabetical grading system was used based on the score ranges: grade ‘A’ (75% and above), grade ‘B’ (60% to below 75%), grade ‘C’ (50% to below 60%) and grade ‘D’ (below 50%). The community health-promoting practices were graded ‘D’ with an overall average score of 41%. The constituency achieved grade ‘C’ (59%) for mental health domain and grade ‘B’ (72%) for common medical emergencies. The health-promoting practices for the other domains were graded ‘D’ (

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