HLTA03H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Health System, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Health Promotion
8 Feb 2019
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Canada"s history with the social determinants of health. Leader in recognizing importance of social determinants of health and health promotion (encouraging people to maintain and/or improve their personal health through public info campaigns, e. g. ottawa charter for health promotion) Health field concept was important because it started acknowledging factors beyond individual that could impact health. People tended to focus most on the individual parts and made policies off this lalonde report ended up unintentionally emphasizing individual responsibility for health instead of promoting broader consideration of factors influencing individual health. Epp report health promotion as a response to health challenges of the day, aiming to reduce inequalities in health. Action statement for health promotion in canada call for healthy public policy, stronger communities, reformed health care systems. Income and social status: social support networks, education and literacy, employment/working conditions, social environments, physical environments, personal health practices and coping skills, healthy child development, biology and genetic endowment, health services, gender, culture.
