Safe Injection Practices - Book Report/Review Example

HEALTH CARE Health issues are sensitive since the physical wellbeing is the basis of the organism’s structural and functional role. In that respect a lot of health promotion need to carried out to increase awareness among people on how to initiate primary preventative measures against infections. Ignorance is one of the leading causes of death with particular focus to the reuse of injection devices and syringes (Dyro, 2004). It has been found out from the past research by gastroenterologists that such a practice is health hazardous and the most effective way of mitigating it is through extensive health awareness campaign.

What matters in this case is the appropriateness of the mode that should be used to make this information more sensible to people. Use of pictures of victims of hepatitis or other communicable disease as a result of this unsafe practice of recycling syringes will make more appeal than mere audio message (Lowenstein, Foord-May & Romano, 2009). The feelings of a human being towards any situation are more likely to be propelled by the sense of sight. In that respect, Use of videos will be effective both in cost, time and impact in the sense that people tend to believe ore when they see.

Besides, there are people who have similar symptoms that may be displayed in the slides and this may compel them to go for diagnosis thereby increasing chances of survival. Training of the health officers or other nurse aids to undertake the health promotion in the community would be boosted by use of illustrations and visual images on video. Works CitedDyro, J. F. (2004). Clinical engineering handbook. Amsterdam [u.a.: Elsevier/Acad. Press.Lowenstein, A. J., Foord-May, L., & Romano, J. (2009).

Teaching strategies for health education and health promotion: Working with patients, families, and communities. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.