MEDI231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Disability-Adjusted Life Year, Health Promotion, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion
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Gain an understanding of the history and milestones in health promotion. What is health: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. What is health promotion (cid:858)the pro(cid:272)ess of e(cid:374)a(cid:271)li(cid:374)g people to i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol over a(cid:374)d to i(cid:373)prove their health(cid:859) It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions: framework for prevention: Introducing health promotion initiatives is complex: 3 levels of govt involved in framework federal, state, local (+ non govt organisations, education, urban planning etc, upstream approach developing strategies from government down to individual. 1984 who document: key principles of health promotion. Milestones in health promotion: particular milestones, health for all (1977, alma ata (1978, conferences, ottawa charter (1984, adelaide conference, sundsvall conference, jakarta declaration, mexico ministerial statement, bangkok charter, nairobi, helsinki, shanghai (2016) Sundsvall statement 3rd international conference: supportive environments.