Project on nursing profession movement towards health promotion

Abstract

The project on nursing profession movement toward health promotion, was implemented by Thailand Nursing Council, together with nursing academic and nursing service institutions of all 3 levels (primary, secondary, and tertiary care levels) in 5 regions of Thailand. The main project objective was to develop professional nurses working at all levels of healthcare services to be competent and practice health promoter roles. Conceptual framework used was 5 strategies of health promotion based on Ottawa Charter. The duration of 4 year project ranged from September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2017. The project movement resulted in 9 outcomes: 1) competency and practice roles of Thai professional nurses; 2) health promotion nursing innovation; 3) health promotion nursing curriculum; 4) health promotion nursing guidelines; 5) learning center for health promotion nursing innovation; 6) competency and organization changes towards health promotion; 7) promotion of competent nurses and good outcomes; 8) policy driven; and 9) digital learning center for health promotion nursing.  This project proposed policy recommendations for Thailand Nursing Council, administrators of Ministry of Public Health, nursing academic and nursing service institutions, and for professional nurses in order to drive health promotion nursing continuously.