HLTH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Global Exchange, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, World Health Organization
10 Oct 2016
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We"ll now begin to tie in what we"ve learned so far and see how the knowledge of the contributors to changes in human health status over the centuries can inform our approaches to improving health. We"ll see that some approaches may work better than others, and that the types of approaches that societies use are constantly evolving over time. Recommended readings: wilkinson, r. , & marmot, m. (2003). This is a good overview of the role of social determinants of health. It can be downloaded for free at: http://www. euro. who. int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/98438/e81384. pdf. We improve it two general ways: i/ we can improve it from a currently poor state (we can make individuals or populations less sick) ii/ we can prevent illness and disease from occurring. Either way, we must have an idea of the causes of changes in health before we can implement programs and policies to bring about the desired changes recall our 1st principles of health research and practice.
