Author Archives: denisebalice

When I first chose this course as part of my Master of Nursing journey, I did not realize the amount of work and personal growth this program would offer. My thoughts were primarily negative towards the workload and ways we needed to present our weekly topics. There are so many ways to provide researched informationContinue reading “Looking Back”

Vaccine hesitancy continues to be on the rise, and social media is playing a role in who the public trusts for vaccine safety and guidance. Social media is a powerful medium for communication for adolescents around health information and will not hasten anytime soon. Social media contributes to vaccine hesitancy through an increase in misinformationContinue reading “Vaccine Hesitancy-Mis/Dis Information“

So far, my journey has been humbling regarding my learning in Health promotion. During the first couple of weeks, I felt overwhelmed and would contribute to the postings in almost a robotic fashion. I worried about the context of the information I was providing and forgot about how this was “actually’ contributing to my learning.Continue reading “Midpoint Reflection”

MHST/NURS 631: Health Promotion Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use What do you know about this health promotion topic to date? Here in Canada, we have low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines to help a person who chooses to drink decide when, where, why and how to drink (CCSA, 2018). There was a time, not so long ago, whenContinue reading “Looking Ahead to My Health Promotion Learning Journey”

MHST/NURS 631: Health Promotion After 30+ years, is the Ottawa Charter still relevant? The Ottawa Charter still has relevance over 30 years later and is still used as a template for health promotion worldwide with its five key strategies: build healthy public policy, create supportive environments, strengthen community action, develop personal skills and reorient HealthContinue reading “Ottawa Charter”