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Table 2 Frequency of use of health promotion activities

From: Community education and health promotion activities of naturopathic practitioners: results of an international cross-sectional survey

Health promotion activity

Yes

Frequency

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Every few months

Once or twice per year

Less than once per year

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Talks and presentations

 Guest talks with community or patient-support groups (no fee charged to attendees) (n = 739)

535 (72.4)

33 (6.2)

47 (8.8)

70 (13.1)

132 (24.7)

136 (25.4)

117 (21.9)

 Guest talks with community or patient-support groups (fee charged to attendees) (n = 732)

412 (56.3)

37 (9.0)

40 (9.7)

49 (11.9)

78 (18.9)

109 (26.5)

99 (24.0)

 Talks presented to the community and held within your clinic (no fee charged to attendees) (n = 728)

388 (53.3)

14 (3.6)

26 (6.7)

46 (11.9)

78 (20.1)

108 (27.8)

116 (29.9)

 Talks presented to the community and held within your clinic (fee charged to attendees) (n = 724)

290 (40.1)

14 (4.8)

24 (8.3)

38 (13.1)

61 (21.0)

77 (26.6)

76 (26.2)

 Online seminars or workshops (no fee charged to attendees) (n = 716)

301 (42.0)

13 (4.3)

23 (7.6)

62 (20.6)

73 (24.3)

64 (21.3)

66 (21.9)

 Online seminars or workshops (fee charged to attendees) (n = 708)

268 (37.9)

7 (2.6)

30 (11.2)

33 (12.3)

58 (21.6)

61 (22.8)

79 (29.5)

Communication through social and professional networks

 Social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) (n = 728)

616 (84.6)

169 (27.4)

219 (35.6)

99 (16.1)

71 (11.5)

32 (5.2)

26 (4.2)

 Blogs (n = 725)

422 (58.2)

24 (5.7)

85 (20.1)

113 (26.8)

103 (24.4)

57 (13.5)

40 (9.5)

 Email newsletter (n = 722)

418 (57.9)

14 (3.4)

45 (10.8)

137 (32.8)

103 (24.6)

63 (15.1)

56 (13.4)

 Vlog (e.g. YouTube channel) (n = 718)

208 (29.0)

10 (4.8)

32 (15.4)

37 (17.8)

55 (26.4)

28 (13.5)

46 (22.1)

 Invited expert comment on a podcast (n = 722)

160 (22.2)

1 (0.6)

10 (6.3)

14 (8.8)

33 (20.6)

37 (23.1)

65 (40.6)

 Print newsletter (n = 719)

136 (18.9)

7 (5.2)

10 (7.4)

28 (20.6)

21 (15.4)

30 (22.1)

40 (29.4)

 Regular segment on a podcast (n = 720)

72 (10.0)

2 (2.8)

11 (15.3)

13 (18.1)

12 (16.7)

15 (20.8)

19 (26.4)

Information handouts

 Individualised handouts given directly to patients as part of the consultation (n = 729)

616 (84.5)

334 (54.2)

150 (24.4)

60 (9.7)

39 (6.3)

13 (2.1)

20 (3.3)

 Pre-prepared handouts given directly to patients as part of the consultation (n = 722)

588 (81.4)

245 (41.7)

181 (30.8)

63 (10.7)

56 (9.5)

23 (3.9)

20 (3.4)

 Information handouts in the clinic waiting room (n = 729)

502 (68.9)

181 (36.1)

70 (13.9)

84 (16.7)

71 (14.1)

47 (9.4)

49 (9.8)

 Information handouts available for download from your website (n = 723)

285 (39.4)

93 (32.6)

36 (12.6)

57 (20.0)

46 (16.1)

20 (7.0)

33 (11.6)

Traditional media channels

 Invited expert comment for newspaper or magazine articles (n = 721)

296 (41.1)

7 (2.4)

15 (5.1)

28 (9.5)

65 (22.0)

75 (25.3)

106 (35.8)

 Regular column in newspaper or magazine (n = 720)

135 (18.8)

4 (3.0)

8 (6.0)

30 (22.2)

23 (17.1)

19 (14.1)

51 (37.8)

 Invited expert comment on a radio program (n = 722)

209 (29.0)

2 (1.0)

11 (5.3)

16 (7.7)

30 (14.4)

45 (21.5)

105 (50.2)

 Regular segment on a radio program (n = 720)

87 (12.1)

4 (4.6)

11 (12.6)

10 (11.5)

15 (17.2)

15 (17.2)

32 (36.8)

 Invited expert comment on a television program (n = 723)

124 (17.2)

1 (0.8)

7 (5.7)

5 (4.0)

17 (13.7)

22 (17.7)

72 (58.1)

 Regular segment on a television program (n = 716)

38 (5.3)

2 (5.3)

5 (13.2)

3 (7.9)

9 (23.7)

4 (10.5)

15 (39.5)