RESUMO
Disease prevention and the promotion of healthy life-styles have received increasing attention over the past two decades. The purpose of this study was to determine the current level of health promotional activity as reported by family physicians. In addition, the study addressed various factors which may influence the level of physician promotion of healthy life-styles. This was accomplished by means of a survey of 815 active members of the American Academy of Family Physicians. A total of 521 questionnaires was returned, providing a 64 percent response rate. The results of this survey indicate that the level of physician personal health activity tends to influence their reported professional promotion of healthy habits. In addition, residency faculty and physicians working for health maintenance organizations were significantly more likely to report offering a higher frequency of health promotional activity than physicians in private practice. Finally, age and family practice residency training appear to have no influence on self-reported physician health promotional activity.
Assuntos
Medicina de Família e Comunidade , Promoção da Saúde , Padrões de Prática Médica , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Nível de Saúde , Humanos , Estilo de Vida , Michigan , Educação de Pacientes como Assunto , Médicos , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
Since family physicians are often the primary health providers for children residing in rural areas, one might expect family practice residencies to include in their curricula some teaching in regard to the prevention of childhood farm injuries. To assess how family practice residencies are currently responding to childhood farm injuries, the authors undertook a survey of the program directors of the nation's 380 residency programs. Of the 332 returned questionnaires, only three (0.9%) reported any formal instruction in the prevention of childhood farm injuries, despite the fact that 102 programs (30.7%) stated that at least 50% of their graduates practiced in rural communities. In addition to the survey, specific proposals are made regarding what residencies can do to initiate teaching in the prevention of farm injuries in children.
