HLTA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Maternal Death, Lake Superior
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Environmental effects on health: dahlgren and wphitehead"s framework. Health care services: quality and availability important, important to recognize barriers, e. g. infant and maternal mortality in low-income countries, unequal access to health care in canada (income, ethnicity, race, etc) Health care services - recent report: wellesley institute: rst peoples, second class treatment: role of racism in the health and well-being of indigenous peoples in canada. Summing up: ottawa charter (who, 1986, sundsvall statment (who, 1991, need to create supportive environments for health, local, national, governmental, ngo"s, collaboration across sectors. Tobias and richmond: dispossession: among indigenous people, connections to the land crucially important, strong connections result in: Improved physical and mental health: health regarded as multi-dimensional: Physical, psychological, social, cultural, environmental, spiritual well -being. Close links between health, bodies, land, and identity. Not just de ned as not being sick. Not just individual biological tness/physical body: e. g. maintain social groups by sharing with people in need, e. g. maintain cultural traditions.
