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Empowerment, Participation, and Person-Centeredness as Prerequisites for Health-Promoting Settings in Everyday
Petra Nilsson Lindström1, Sophie Schön Persson2, Johanna Sjöbeck1
1Faculty of Health Science, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
Health promotion in everyday settings thrives on participation, empowerment, and person-centeredness. These principles, supported by organizational structures and staff competence, foster active engagement and sustainable health development across diverse contexts.
Area of Science:
- Health Promotion
- Sociology
- Organizational Studies
Background:
- Health promotion in everyday settings is crucial for individual well-being and organizational sustainability.
- A settings-based approach recognizes the influence of social, physical, and organizational contexts on health.
- Key principles of participation, empowerment, and person-centeredness are central but underexplored in practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how health promotion is implemented in various everyday settings.
- To investigate the practical application of participation, empowerment, and person-centeredness.
Main Methods:
- Exploratory qualitative collective case study using the Storytelling dialog method.
- Studied four diverse settings: preschool, secondary school sports profile, disability support, and senior community development.
- Data collected through participant observation and semi-structured interviews, documented in case stories.
Main Results:
- Two themes emerged: 'Practice-embedded prerequisites for a setting approach' and 'an experiential and behavioral process supporting health development'.
- Supportive conditions include societal support, organizational structures, staff competence, and interactions.
- Experiences of inclusion, belonging, and motivation drive active engagement and health development.
Conclusions:
- Participation, empowerment, and person-centeredness are mutually supportive and essential for sustainable health promotion.
- These principles can be operationalized in everyday settings through a systems and process perspective.
- The study enhances understanding of translating theoretical principles into practical health promotion across contexts.
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