Using empowerment theory in health promotion guided development the home for the elderly in Nakhon Ratchasima; Thailand

Using empowerment theory in health promotion guided development the home for the elderly in Nakhon Ratchasima; Thailand

home elderly thailand house

In 1986; the Ottawa Charter identified community empowerment as being a central theme of health promotion discourse. Community empowerment became a topical issue in health promotion literature. Examining two cases in the Home for the Elderly in Nakhon Ratchasima; Thailand; study identifies actors; institutions and processes that provided health promotion for the elderly. The article deals with a range of opportunities and possibilities for optimizing care for elderly; both individual and group; through promoting their empowerment. Collaborative partnerships in community networks as well as in intergenerational interaction; these "models" demonstrate how care-givers; including the Home for the Elderly staff and university; are also empowered in these processes. These discussions reflecting empirical reality and conceptual insights provide the basis of health promotion policies. In addition; this article concludes with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of facilitating empowerment for health and development.

Busaya Vongchavalitkul

International Journal of Business and Economic Development (IJBED); London

2015

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https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Using-empowerment-theory-in-health-promotion-guided-Vongchavalitkul/f1a56ee50447b1784a55a3300620be6a5c9462a3