NATS 1605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Junk Food, World Health Assembly
27 Sep 2016
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Healthy public policy- de nition; making the healthier choice, the easier choice. Such a policy makes health choices possible or easier for citizens. Example: making cigarettes more expensive, healthy food cheaper than junk, ban smoking in bars. , etc. It makes social and physical environments health enhancing physical environments example: high park uses local growing available to locals + providing more ttc" routes, vehicles, etc. more accessible. social environments example: cheaper ttc and higher gas. Healthy public policy is characterized by an explicit concern for health and quit in all areas of policy and by an accountability for health impact. The main aim of health public policy is to create a supportive environment to enable people to lead healthy lives such a policy makes health choices possible or easier for citizens. In the pursuit of healthy public policy, government sectors concerned with agriculture, trade, education, industry, and communications need to take into account health as an essential factor when formulating policy.
