Table 2.
Frequency of use of health promotion activities
| 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) |