Holistic Health Promotion

01/09/2025

Nursing research in the Philippines faces challenges that hinder its full potential. In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the number of institutions offering doctoral nursing programs, 14 currently. But a significant disparity exists, with eight regions—Regions 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, BARMM, and Caraga—lacking universities that offer such programs.
A robust national nursing research agenda is currently lacking, resulting in fragmented efforts within the field. Without a clear research framework, the ability to align research priorities with national health-care needs is compromised, making it difficult to drive policy integration and ensure a cohesive approach to nursing research.
To address these challenges, several strategic recommendations are proposed: Develop a national research agenda in collaboration with government agencies, academic institutions, and healthcare organizations. Establish a national institute of nursing research that could centralize leadership, coordination, and support for nursing research and bridge the gap between academic research and policy to ensure the translation of research findings into practice.
The government should allocate more funding for nursing research through dedicated grants, scholarships, and institutional support. This funding should be included in the Department of Health budget, as well as those of the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Migrant Workers, and the Department of Labor and Employment. Additionally, the Commission on Higher Education budget should support research to improve nursing education.

Nursing research plays a crucial role in advancing health-care practices, influencing policy, and enhancing nursing education. It forms the foundation for evidence-based clinical practice and guides

11/08/2025

As William James (1902) observed more than a century ago, in his still monumentally influential volume The Varieties of Religious Experience, religious and spiritual experience is lived by those who claim it as centrally important; vital to what it means to have purpose, direction, moral orientation, and meaning, in life, and, as researchers such as Day (2011) distinct from other kinds of experience. How religion, religiosity, spirituality, and development interact, across the life cycle, is—and will remain—a vital topic for researchers in psychological science, and concerned with quality of life in adulthood, for many years to come.

In recent years there has been an upsurge in research and publication in the psychology of religion, including work with implications for adult development. This article reviews the relevant literature, considering themes such as religion and spirituality and well-being in the adult years; religion,...

01/06/2025

Back-to-back poems from two of our hosts for the upcoming workshop! Stay tuned for more!

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28/05/2025

As the author seek for healing, this is how she describe how it feels sometimes.

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02/05/2025

One of the most important things to practice is to be active physically. Seek for a regimen that you will enjoy the most whether it be dancing, walking, jogging, hiking, volunteering, sports, etc.

Here's one recommendation and mostly practice in the Philippines - Zumba. But my song of choice is Spanish because it encourages me to learn another language.

Zumba® MM69 / Lo que tienes tu - Max Pizzolante / Choreo Antonia Natascha CumbiaAntonia Natascha - Zumba® Fitness Instructor from Berlin / GermanyHi Zumba-Lo...

18/04/2025

Tonight's Reflection:
See Photo below.

Blessed Good Friday everyone.

06/04/2025

As a Clinical instructor, I encourage our students to approach our patients in a holistic sense towards their road to healing. It is not just managing the physiological sickness but the entire aspects of a person.

Personally, I have my approach to healing too. That is by way of apostolate or being disciples for others because it converts the negative energies from our bodies into positive. And mostly because our physiological illness are rooted from our spiritual illness. Unless we address the root of the problem will recuperation happens. So we have to look inwardly that we may fully intervene to the problem.

PS. I posted my original poem here as my outlet for healing. Expect for more on this page. If you have one, share with us too.

05/11/2024

Welcome to Holistic health promotion page. The author, who is a Registered Nurse, advocates on better awareness and approach to over-all health.