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This first publication of health promotion is from the 1974 Lalonde report from the Government of Canada, [10] which contained a health promotion strategy "aimed at informing, influencing and assisting both individuals and organizations so that they will accept more responsibility and be more active in matters affecting mental and physical health". [11]
The Jakarta Declaration included the following five "priorities for health promotion in the 21st century": [1] 1. "Promote social responsibility for health" 2. "Increase investments for health development" 3. "Consolidate and expand partnerships for health" 4. "increase community capacity and empower the individual" 5.
HPH combines a vision, a concept, and a set of 18 core strategies and 5 standards.. In accordance to health promotion theory, the HPH standards and strategies are based on the principles of the settings approach to health promotion, empowerment and enablement, participation, a holistic concept of health (somato-psycho-social concept of health), intersectoral cooperation, equity, sustainability ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for global public health. [2] It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices [3] and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the ...
The 1978 World Health Organization (WHO) declaration at Alma-Ata was the first formal acknowledgment of the importance of intersectoral action for health. [5] The spirit of Alma-Ata was carried forward in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (adopted in Ottawa in 1986), which discussed "healthy public policies" as a key area for health promotion.
In 1982, Pender published her Health Promotion Model. [3] She has also written a textbook, Health Promotion in Nursing Practice; several editions of the book have been published. [4] Her publications include eight textbooks and 50 scholarly writings. [1] She married Albert Pender, a business and economics professor. They had two children. [2]
Healthy People is a program of a nationwide health-promotion and disease-prevention goals set by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.The goals were first set in 1979 "in response to an emerging consensus among scientists and health authorities that national health priorities should emphasize disease prevention".
Re-orienting health care services toward prevention of illness and promotion of health The basic strategies for health promotion were prioritized as: [ citation needed ] Advocate: Health is a resource for social and developmental means, thus the dimensions that affect these factors must be changed to encourage health.