showed different result that although the average
score of knowledge of employees in private
Indonesian hospitals towards HPH was low (55,9%),
but their attitude towards HPH was good (74,25%)
(Tatang and Mawartinah, 2019). Good attitude from
various profession (health or non-health) is important
in supporting clarity, good understanding (well
thought) and shared views, and is a prerequisite for
implementing and developing various public health
programs, including HPH program. HPH is a team
work that must be developed to be effective (Tzenalis,
2014). Cross-professional (medical and non-medical)
team work in hospitals related to HPH is important
because there are differences in the approach to health
promotion efforts according to the perceptions of
health professionals in hospitals and their strategies
for handling health promotion efforts in daily practice
activities. Not all health professionals in hospitals are
able to identify health promotion in their daily roles,
so it can lead to unnecessary misunderstandings and
become obstacles in developing HPH practices in the
future (Johansson, Weinehall and Emmelin, 2009).
With the high workload of employees in hospitals,
there is also a group called “demarcater”, namely a
group of health workers who explicitly separate
health promotion efforts, but in some cases they
actually behave as health promotion workers
(Johansson, Weinehall and Emmelin, 2009). They
think that HPH is enough to be handled by special
health promotion personnel and they feel that they do
not need to be actively involved in HPH activities,
HPH training is sufficient for HPH unit members,
besides the positive impact felt from the
implementation of the HPH program is difficult to
measure. However, they support HPH efforts to be
implemented and developed and involve the
community, and they also know that the HPH
program can ensure a safe, clean and healthy
workplace. The results of the research show that there
is a positive impact from the application of HPH
standards in hospitals which has brought
improvements to a number of indicators in hospitals
(Amiri et al., 2016). The positive impact of this HPH
is still not well socialized among hospital staff and
management, so that HPH has not become a priority
or focus in the health service strategy in hospitals.
This could be the reason for the low involvement of
hospital employees in HPH activities and training.
Regarding the achievement of HPH standards for
the two types of hospitals, the result showed that the
achievements were still not optimal and also did not
differ significantly. The results of previous studies in
other countries and in Indonesia are also similar, for
example a descriptive-analytic survey in 38 hospitals
from 5 (five) provinces in Iran found that the average
value of compliance with the WHO HPH standard (5
standards) was similar (54.1 ± 15.1), and the score of
private hospitals was higher than government
hospitals. In this study with similar average total
score of achievement, the result did not show a
significant difference between the two types of
hospitals. The other survey in teaching hospitals in
Iran also showed an achievement score of 55.5%
(medium level) (Afshari et al., 2016). The results of
previous studies in Indonesia at private hospitals in
DKI Jakarta also showed that the score was not
optimal (49.8% to 61.4%) (Tatang and Mawartinah,
2019).
Furthermore, for the achievement of standard 1
HPH, namely "Hospitals have Health Promotion
regulations", the achievement of standards is
considered to be in moderate/good enough condition
and there is no significant difference related to the
average score in the two types of hospitals.
Implementation of this standard 1 give signals to the
commitment of good hospital management to
organizational development and to demonstrate to
staff the importance of health promotion (VHA,
2009). The implementation of standard 1 is supported
by the implementation of the latest HPH Guidelines
from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of
Indonesia which supports the formation of HPH
structures in each hospital, although it has not been
implemented optimally. For this reason, HPH is an
integrated part of an organization and becomes a
"core business", and not just a "side issue," but must
be included as part of the culture, direction and
strategy of the hospital. This requires the support of
high-level policy makers (hospital management) to
drive change (VHA, 2009).
This study also showed a low score (47.4%) for
the achievement of standard 2, namely "The hospital
carries out health promotion assessments / studies for
patients, patient families, hospital human resources,
hospital visitors, and the community around the
hospital", and the average score of private hospitals
lower than state hospital. HPH efforts are generally in
the form of activities such as "people-centered care"
and "healing environments" or health education to
patients, creating comfortable workspaces, or
community empowerment in priority health programs
at the local, national or global level. For this reason,
HPH in hospitals will be based on the results of the
analysis of the needs of patients, families, visitors and
the community around the hospital. In previous study,
it was stated that the assessment of the need for
promotion for patients still seemed one-sided (from
the hospital only) without involving the patient more