lecture 4 health promotion Flashcards
(25 cards)
lalonde report
human biology, environment, lifestyle, health care organization
health promo in canada who is involved?
Health Canada
Public Health Agency
Provincial and Ministries of Health
Regional Health Authorities
Municipalities
Non-Profits
what is population health?
Focuses on the whole community, rather than individual health
Goals:
Improve the health of the population,
Reduce the health inequalities that exist
Why is Population Health Important?
Increased community engagement
Improved quality of life
Less reliance on health care and social services
More productive society
- focus on the health of the population
Assessment of health inequalities that exist
Determine and measure health status
Assess trends over time
- Address the Determinants of Health and
Their Interactions
Social Determinants of Health: economic, social, physical, developmental factors that influence and contribute to the health of an individual
Helps to understand underlying conditions that impact health
- Base Decisions on Evidence
Implementation of effective evidence-based decision making
Considers the strengths, weaknesses and relevance to a project
Relies on both qualitative and quantitative data
- increase upstream investments
Upstream investments aim to address the root cause of poor health
Considers both the short and long term implications
Considers the magnitude of the health issue and the
ability/readiness to create change
- apply multiple strategies
- Use a wide variety of interventions to effect
health (prevention, protection, health
promotion etc) - The goal is to Implement strategies to
reduce inequities in health status between
population groups - Ensure that health strategies can impact all
age groups/abilities
- collaboration across sectors and levels
*Shared responsibility for health outcomes
*Ensuring that strong partnerships are built
*Promotes a shared value amongst partners
- employ mechanisms for public investment
*The public should be involved in all
the stages of a new initiative
*Creates public support, increases
health literacy and community
leadership
- Demonstrate Accountability For Health Outcomes
- Assessment of intended and unintended
health outcomes - Sets baseline measurements and targets for
health improvement - Ensures accountability amongst key
stakeholders/leaders
7 Action Statements: Health Promotion
in Canada
Created by the Canadian Public Health Association
Reflects Canada’s strong history of Health Promotion efforts
Provides direction on the Ottawa Charter’s framework in today’s
world
explicit values of health promotion
Individuals are treated with dignity and their innate self-worth, intelligence and capacity of choice are respected.
Individual liberties are respected, but priority is given to the common good when conflict arises.
Participation is supported in policy decision-making to identify what constitutes the common good.
Priority is given to people whose living conditions, especially a lack of wealth and power, place them at greater risk.
Social justice is pursued to prevent systemic discrimination and to reduce health inequities.
Health of the present generation is not purchased at the expense of future generations.
ottawa charter’s key priorities
Building healthy public policy
Creating supportive environments
Strengthening community action
Developing personal skills
Re-orienting health skills
what are the 7 action statements
- Addresses Issues in Context
- Supports a Holistic Approach
- Long Term Perspective
- Centralized vs Decentralized Decision-Making
- Multisectoral
- Drawing on a Variety of Knowledge Sources
- Accountability
- address issues in context
MANY FACTORS INFLUENCE HEALTH:
SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL,
CULTURAL, INDIVIDUAL ETC
HOW DO THESE INTERACT TO SHAPE
OUR HEALTH?
HOW CAN WE PLAN AND ACT FOR
THE GREATEST HEALTH GAIN?
- support a holistic approach
Health promotion should consider a holistic approach to individuals
This includes physical, mental, social, ecological, cultural and spiritual aspects of health
- health promotion requires a long-term perspective
It can take time to build awareness and see results
*Important for individuals and large organizations to
understand
- balance b/w centralized and decentralized decision making
Centralized:
* Small group of people
* Usually the management team
Decentralized:
* Decision-making is spread across multiple
people/groups
* Can lead to more idea generation and
differing perspectives
- health promo is multisectoral
Collaboration across different sectors is
needed to improve the health of Canadians
Public health, economic policy, governments,
social services, community initiatives etc.
- health promo draws on knowledge from a variety of sources
Successful initiatives draw on
knowledge/skills from the social,
economic, political, medical and
environmental fields
- health promotion emphasizes public accountability
- Programs, governments,
organizations and individuals
need to be held accountable for
improving the lives of all
Canadians
the overall health of Canadians can be improved and prevented by what
- Changing risk factors and conditions that lie
outside the health sector - Providing population health promotion services
that support/work with communities and families
they are meant to serve - Ensuring access and use of appropriate effective
clinical prevention services - Helping people learn and practice healthy ways of
living - Using research to build the evidence on what
creates good health
