Greetings!

My colleague who is reviewing health promotion resources for the
Canadian Health Network's Health Promotion collection, forwarded a brief
description of a new resource from the Pan American Health Organization:
http://www.paho.org/Project.asp?SEL=OR&LNG=ENG&ID=446

Healthy municipalities, cities and communities: Evaluation
Recommendations for Policymakers in the Americas
Health promotion has emerged internationally as an important strategy
for achieving equity, democracy and social justice. It has demonstrated
success in addressing difficult health, social, and economic problems,
providing a valuable framework through which to organize social and
political action to improve health and living conditions. Health
promotion is a technical and political approach to work across sectors
and improve the quality of life. (14/Nov/2005) English pdf (2953.12k)  

We both find this description of health promotion to be inspirational as
a way of thinking about it as a strategy, a framework for action, and an
approach in our work. 

What do you think about this statement?

Are there other definitions and descriptions of health promotion that
you know of that bring together similar elements?  

Please share your ideas and links.


Alison
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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 
Direct: 416-408-6918 or 408-2249 x 2227  
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The Health Promotion Affiliate is a joint project of the Ontario
Prevention Clearinghouse and the Centre for Health Promotion, University
of Toronto


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