Shiva Onegh; Shaghayegh Vahdat
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Introduction: Health promotion services has a significant impact on health system, and hospitals are the best places for health promotion and preventive services. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the level of implementation of standards and activities of health promotion in hospitals (HPH) in ...
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Introduction: Health promotion services has a significant impact on health system, and hospitals are the best places for health promotion and preventive services. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the level of implementation of standards and activities of health promotion in hospitals (HPH) in four areas of health promotion.Methods: This was a descriptive-survey study, and the research environment of hospitals in Golestan Province, Iran. The managers, authorities, and experts being in contact with the process of HPH standards and activities (n = 80) were our sample population. A researcher-made questionnaire was employed to gather data, and analysis was performed using one-sample t-test.Results: Standards and activities were implemented in hospitals with good and desirable level in the dimensions of staff (6.01) and patients (5.60), and moderate level in the dimensions of environment (4.22) and society (4.03); the efficacy was in a significant level (P < 0.01). Moreover, the comparison of dimensions with Friedman test showed that the dimension of the staff and society had the highest and lowest level of implementation.Conclusion: Some of the standards and activities of the health promotion hospital are being carried out in hospitals. Therefore, achieving and fully implementing of these standards and activities for improving the quality of health services and improving the situation of hospitals require to encourage policymakers and healthcare managers, create consistent policies for the knowledge promotion and train of health promotion skills (patients, staff, and community), and promote health centers and turn it into a healthy work environment, cooperation, coordination, and interaction with all stakeholders (internal and external).
Diba Norozi; Shaghayegh Vahdat; Somayeh Hesam
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Introduction: A green hospital is established to increase competitiveness, productivity, and cost savings to save resources and energy. This study is performed to identify and classify factors determining a green hospital.Methods: The five-step guideline of the University of York, York, England, for ...
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Introduction: A green hospital is established to increase competitiveness, productivity, and cost savings to save resources and energy. This study is performed to identify and classify factors determining a green hospital.Methods: The five-step guideline of the University of York, York, England, for conducting systematic scoping reviews of the field of study was employed in this study. Searching for foreign and domestic scientific databases in both English and Persian, with a time limit from 2015 to 2019 was performed using keywords including criteria, dimensions, components, and approaches to green or eco-friendly hospitals. Finally, this study was carried out by reviewing 25 articles published in Iran and abroad in the field of green hospital which were selected out of 10493 articles.Results: Green criteria were identified in 15 dimensions and five environmental, economic, social, health, and novelty categories. The data collection indicated the method for collecting data and the data interpretation addressed analyzing and processing the data collected.Conclusion: In this study, different criteria for a green hospital deployment pattern in five environmental, economic, social, health, and innovation categories were obtained. Green hospital standards are a good model for establishing an environmentally sound health care.
