Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cervical Cancer, Knowledge Level, Smoking Cessation
16 Dec 2017
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Heath promotion: strategies intended to maintain or improve the health of large populations o. Health promo strategies are often undertake at a federal level o. Can also be practiced at an international level. Canada as a world wide leader in health promotion. Canadian governments have been in the business of health promo for a long time. 1700s: focus on regulations o hospital operation and sanitation. Early 1900s: focus shifted to educating the public o o. 1974: lalonde report o identified healthy lifestyle as a promotion target. 1986: epp framework o o o o. Figure provides framework for health promotion in canada still used today locus of responsibility for health rests with the individual. Self care and mutual aid also emphasized (look after your self and each other) 1987: labonte identifies three levels for successful health promotion: medical goal is disease treatment, diseased based, public health goal is disease prevention o.
