Health Sciences 2250A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Regional County Municipality, Health Promotion, School Hygiene
14 Jul 2016
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Ottawa charter: health is created in the context of everyday life where people live, love, work and play o. Expression of de-territorialization of health out of the health care system. Pulls health out of the idea that health is only related to health care and situates it in a much broader context. Today, we need to situate health in the context of google and shopping o o. All of the market forces that are a part of our everyday lives also do things. Settings started to gain popularity as entry points for health promotion in the mid-1980s o. See a lot more work being done in health promotion including thinking and researching about it as well as funded programs. First through cities and communities and later through other kinds of settings (schools, hospitals, prisons, universities, etc. : unconventional: night clubs (designated smoking areas, pregnancy and alcohol signs, hiv awareness, condom machines in bathrooms, drinking and driving)
