Thanks for sharing this definition Alison.
Those of us working in health promotion are often faced with the challenge of how to promote the value of health promotion in a way that will appeal to potential funders as well as to policy/decision-makers and planners. One of the obvious arguments in favour of health promotion is the economic one, however, lately, I have wondered if we have a tendency to over-stress the cost-benefits of health promotion to this particular audience.
What I like about this definition is that it positions health promotion within the context of a much broader set of political, social and economic variables. What I like even more about it is that it leaves lots of room to illustrate the importance of the social determinants of health (which I think get lost in the cost/benefit discussion).
I think it can provide a valuable lens that we can use in our continuing efforts to advocate for health promotion. Thanks for sharing!
diane
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From: Stirling, Alison<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: April 9, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: An inspirational perspective of Health Promotion
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<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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