Abstract
BackgroundHealth Promoting Hospitals are among the major health promoters of the society. To acquire Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) status, a hospital must self-assess to know their inadequacies and then lay the foundation for improvements. This study has been performed with the aim of assessing readiness of the largest heart hospital of northwestern Iran regarding the HPH standards.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted through the participation of 270 administrative and clinical staff of the largest heart hospital of northwestern Iran. Data were gathered using self-assessment tool for health promoting hospitals including demographics and the HPH standards. HPH standards’ dimensions were Management policy, Patient assessment, Patient information and intervention, Promoting a healthy workplace, and Continuity and cooperation. Analysis was performed by SPSS v. 16 with a significance level of 0.05.ResultsThe participants included clinical (67.4%) and administrative (32.6%) staff. Among the HPH standards, the lowest score belonged to the management policy (1.44 ± 0.53) and the highest one to the patient information and intervention (1.72 ± 0.47). The average score of compliance with the HPH standards was 1.60 ± 0.40 which shows moderate progress of the hospital towards the HPH standards.ConclusionRegarding the moderate situation of the hospital in HPH standards and the low score of the management policy, the studied hospital should enforce the standards, especially in the management policy. Also, there is a need for health promotion programs in all three levels of prevention with the participation of the staff and the patients as much as possible.
Highlights
Health Promoting Hospitals are among the major health promoters of the society
The Spearman Correlation Coefficient showed a correlation between work experience and the Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) (P < 0.03, r = 0.185)
Among the five dimensions of the HPH, the lowest score belonged to the Management policy (1.44 ± 0.53) and the highest one to the dimension of Patient information and intervention (1.72 ± 0.47)
Summary
Health Promoting Hospitals are among the major health promoters of the society. To acquire Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) status, a hospital must self-assess to know their inadequacies and lay the foundation for improvements. The Ottawa Charter is released by the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote health in various aspects of the societies such as schools, hospitals, colleges, workplaces, and families. It introduces health as a positive and common concept in all countries and cultures [1,2,3,4,5]. Hospitals participate in HP by improving personnel capabilities, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, providing facilities, and by involving workers and patients [11]. HP activities in the hospitals lead to reduction in the morbidity and mortality, improved outcomes, Taghdisi et al BMC Health Services Research (2018) 18:572 and reduced treatment costs [13] these activities cause to make satisfaction of hospital’s internal and external stakeholders such as patients, staffs, relatives and other visitors, prevention of Non-Communicable Disease(NCDs) and quality of life improvement [8]
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