HLTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Health Promotion, Health Education
Chapter 7 Health Promotion
Warwick et al.
Critiques of HP
1. HP is everybody’s business and nobody’s responsibility!
2. HP regulates lifestyle and choice, by using coercive action enshrined in legislation
and leads to a “nanny state” society!
•Nanny state— one that overprotects its members by reliance on welfare state and
legislation to limit choice I nth e best interest of the health populations !
•i.e. enforcing of the wearing of seatbelt!
3. HP doesn’t work!
• Relates to a weaker evidence base compared to biomedical practice !
4. Health education is the main approach used within health promotion practice !
Summary !
•Key values such as equity, ethical principles and non-victim blaming approaches
underpin the practice of health promotion
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