From: Institutional analysis of health promotion for older people in Europe - concept and research tool
Sector | MAIN Institutions with health promotion functions indicated for the project purposes | Street level health promoters- professionals, health care and public health specialists | Place of setting | Target groups | Particular actions (examples) – where, how |
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Health (health care sector understood as involved mainly in diagnostics, treatment, prophylactic processes) | GP/Primary care, Organisations, Insurers | GPs, Nurses, Public health professionals, Physiotherapists | Health centres/units Patient’s homes | Older Patients | Within service delivery – oriented on health conservation, improvement, postponing of worsening health condition, promotion of expected life style (improving health – diet/physical activity recommendation) |
Occupational therapists, Dieticians, Exercise counsellors | |||||
Pharmacists, Opticians/optometrists, Speech and language therapists | |||||
Education/ | Education offices/institutions | Teachers, pedagogy specialists, Sport trainers | Schools, other educational institutions, Sport clubs, Sport centres | Population by age | Educational programme realisation, sport/physical activity support and organisation |
Sport | |||||
Sports organisations/clubs/associations | |||||
Social Assistance | Social Services | Social workers, therapists, officials | Different settings (depending on the particular activity) | Vulnerable older people | Accompanying social service delivery, direct contact with professionals (advocacy for life style/habit change, personal support) |
Environmental nurses | |||||
Governmental | National public health agencies/organs/bodies | Public health professionals, Epidemiologists | Different settings (depending on the particular activity) | Population | Programmes, research, policy/strategy |
Regional/Local Authorities | Regional/local public health departments | Public health professionals, Teachers, Play workers, Community workers, Social workers, Environmental health officers | Different settings (depending on the particular activity) | Population by age | Strategies and policies at the local level, activities undertaken by particular professionals at the local level (local government. initiatives) |
Enterprise | Health and safety at workplace services (inspectorates), Trade unions and workers organisations, Employers organisations | Occupational medicine specialists | Companies/workplace | Older employees | Regular worker check-ups, diagnostics and other services performed by occupational medical services and professionals, Programmes/trainings organised at the workplace |
Inspectors | Occupational medicine units | ||||
Activists/educators | |||||
NGO/Voluntary | Social and civic organisations – NGOs | NGO activists, Public health professionals, Trade union safety representatives, Pressure groups | Different settings (depending on the particular NGO and particular activity) | Groups of the older population | Actions of different kinds addressed to the older population in need in different settings (determined by the NGO type and mission) |
Media | Media organisations | Journalists - Health correspondents | Different media (press, audio and TV programmes, internet) | The population generally and seniors particularly | Media designing/participating/supporting programmes/actions supporting health promotion for older persons. |