Last Friday's Ontario Health Promotion Email (OHPE) Bulletin featured an article by Sylvie Boulet of the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse on the 2005 Bangkok Charter on Health Promotion and its implications for health promotion practitioners. Translated from her original article published in Le Bloc-Notes, and supplemented with a number of related resources, this OHPE bulletin issue is a 'must-read' for health promoters. A summary of the article's contents is below, with direct links to the article and resources on the OHPE website (the overall website has 9 years worth of news, resources and articles - take a look www.ohpe.ca).
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OHPE Bulletin 476 August 11, 2006
Feature Article -- Reflections on the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion
http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7662&Itemid=78
-- by Sylvie Boulet, bilingual health promotion consultant, Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse, and published originally in Le Bloc-Notes, Bulletin 14, 14 octobre 2005
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I Introduction
The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion has been agreed to by 700 participants representing over 100 countries at the 6th Global Conference on Health Promotion held in Bangkok, Thailand in August 2005 (http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/6gchp/bangkok_charter/en/index.html ).
It identifies major challenges, actions and commitments needed to address the determinants of health in a globalized world by reaching out to people, groups and organizations that are critical to the achievement of health.
This article presents
* II The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion - a broad outline of the new Charter
(A. Background; B. Four commitments to "health for all"; C. Three areas of intervention and five proposed actions)
* III What Does the Community Think? opinions from a few health promotion practitioners
(A. Reactions at the international level; B. At the Canadian level); and
* IV Reflections on the Relevance of the Charter for the Practitioners in the Field
(A. Opportunities for the populations of the underdeveloped countries;
B. From Community action to globalization; C. The reassertion of health promotion;
D. The relationship between health and social determinants of health;
E. The private sector and its implication; F. Think globally, act locally--health for all: utopia?;
G. Last reflections: Will the Charter have an impact?)
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See the full article by Sylvie Boulet on OHPE website at:
http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7662&Itemid=78
and see the Resources Related to Reflections on the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion
1 The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World
http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7663&Itemid=65
2 Ottawa 1986-Vancouver 2007: should the Ottawa Charter be revisited?
http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7664&Itemid=65
3 Bangkok-Charter-Related OHPE Bulletins
http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7665&Itemid=65
4 Toronto Charter for a Healthy Canada
http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7666&Itemid=65 <http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7666&Itemid=65>
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Alison Stirling, MHSc., MISt.
Health Promotion Information Specialist
Health Promotion Affiliate, Canadian Health Network
The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
180 Dundas Street W., Suite 1900
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8
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