Download or read book Action Statement for Health Promotion in Canada written by Canadian Public Health Association and published by The Association. This book was released on 1996 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Towards national consensus written by Canadian Public Health Association and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Action Statement for Health Promotion in Canada written by Association canadienne de santé publique and published by The Association. This book was released on 1996 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knowledge Development for Health Promotion written by Canada. Health Services and Promotion Branch and published by Health and Welfare Canada. This book was released on 1989 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes the key features of the Health Promotion Framework; examines the elements of knowledge development; reviews Health and Welfare Canada's key dissemination and research activities to date; and considers what future steps may be taken to advance the process of knowledge development. It also provides highlights and summaries of 24 literature reviews and research reports.
Download or read book Health Promotion and the Policy Process written by Carole Clavier and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars and governments recognize the importance of policy development and implementation for population health, but there is a lack of systematic theoretical and conceptual development in the health field to address the issue. Health Promotion and the Policy Process is the first book to take an in-depth look at the theoretical advances in the political sciences, including discussing the significance of political economy and sociology, which so far have made little progress in health promotion development. The book argues that focusing on how public policies work makes it possible to move beyond the more behavioural 'health education' approach, and make the transition from political statements to political strategies. The authors draw from a wide array of theories on the policy process in the fields of political science and political sociology to illuminate health promotion strategies and objectives. For example they discuss how Kingdon's Multiple Streams Model, Sabatier's Advocacy-Coalition Framework and policy network theories can contribute to greater health equity, healthy public policies and community development. Through practical and critical tools, research, and experience-based discussion, Health Promotion and the Policy Process discusses how theories can be used to influence, evaluate, orient or implement health promotion interventions and policies. This book will be essential reading for health promoters who want to make a difference by influencing social determinants of health at the policy level including students, public health professionals, researchers, practitioners, decision makers and those concerned with applied policy research.
Download or read book Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada written by Dennis Raphael and published by Canadian Scholars’ Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and quality of life are vital social reflections. The way a society distributes resources amongst its population tells us a great deal about the society itself. This unique volume unites readings that explore the integral link between quality of life and public policy choices. The first section discusses individual perspectives on health promotion and quality of life and provides a conceptual basis for determining an individual's or community's standard. The next section addresses community and policy perspectives to show how quality of life is related both to the health of the population as a whole, and to collective choices that determine how material resources are distributed in society. Part three places quality of life and population health within a political economy framework and uses the social determinants of health concept to illustrate how societies differ in their willingness to support their members' quality of life and health. Part four examines vulnerable populations and their issues: the Indigenous community, persons with disabilities, women and the gender gap, and the effects of race and immigrant status on employment opportunities. The final section suggests ways in which health promotion, quality of life, and the social determinants of health agendas can come together. It provides an up-to-date analysis of the barriers facing those attempting to improve quality of life and health, as well as the means to accomplish those goals.
Download or read book Doing Health Promotion Research written by University of Calgary. Health Promotion Research Group and published by Calgary : Health Promotion Research Group, University of Calgary. This book was released on 1998 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building Health Promotion Capacity written by Scott McLean and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building Health Promotion Capacity explores the professional practice of health promotion and, in particular, how individuals and organizations can become more effective in undertaking and supporting such practice. The book is based on the experiences of the Building Health Promotion Capacity Project (1998-2003), a continuing education and applied research venture affiliated with the Saskatchewan Heart Health Program. The project studied the process of capacity development in relation to practitioners and regional health districts in Saskatchewan. For health promotion practitioners across Canada and beyond, this book provides a coherent framework for effective professional practice. Leaders in health sector organizations will develop a firmer grasp of how to support health promotion practice and how to recruit and retain individual practitioners with a high level of capacity. Policy makers will improve their knowledge of environments that support the health promotion capacity of individuals and organizations. Scholars will learn about the nature of health promotion capacity and about a methodology for its study.
Download or read book Health Promotion in Canada written by Irving Rootman and published by Canadian Scholars. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Promotion in Canada is a comprehensive profile of the history, current status, and future of health promotion in Canada. This fourth edition maintains the critical approach of the previous three editions but provides a current and in-depth analysis of theory, practice, policy, and research in Canada in relation to recent innovative approaches in health promotion. Thoroughly updated with 15 new chapters and all-new learning objectives, the edited collection contains contributions by prominent Canadian academics, researchers, and practitioners as well as an afterword by Ronald Labonté. The authors cover a broad range of topics including inequities in health, Indigenous communities and immigrants, mental health, violence against women, global ecological change, and globalization. The book also provides critical reflections on practice and concrete Canadian examples that bring theory to life.
Download or read book Supportive Environments written by Participaction (Program) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Promotion Practice written by Glenn Laverack and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-02-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ′This book, written from an international perspective and thus eminently readable by a wider audience, draws on the author′s considerable experience and is amply supplied with a good range of illustrations from real-life practice...The logical structure and accessible style makes this a useful addition to the personal library of anyone who has an interest in "bottom-up" empowerment-based approaches to health promotion′ - RCN Research Headlines ′The author draws on a wealth of personal experiences in the field, giving the book both readability and credibility. Good examples from different international contexts, illustrated in relevant case studies, let the reader relate theory to practice and bring the concepts to life. The author takes the central thrust of health promotion for the past few decades and unravels it for the reader in a clear, comprehensive way′ - Health Matters In health promotion, the concept of power can be defined as the ability to create or resist change, and this is an important foundation for individual and community health. By enabling people to empower themselves, health promoters can provide the capacity for the individual or community to change their lives and their living conditions, and therefore their health. Health Promotion Practice explores the issue of how such an approach to health promotion practice can improve a community′s success towards achieving healthier conditions through its own actions. Placing empowerment at the heart of health promotion practice, and offering advice for health promoters who accept the challenge to work in such a way, Health Promotion Practice defines key concepts of health, health promotion and community empowerment. It also: Introduces readers to a ′social′ model of health promotion practice, one that attempts to get at the underlying social determinants of disease; Helps readers understand the importance of power relations and their transformation in this practice; Introduces readers to a new `community capacity-building′ approach to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion programmes. Health Promotion Practice is an invaluable resource to students and practitioners of health promotion who want to help empower the communities that they work with.
Download or read book People Centred Health Promotion written by John Raeburn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring and practical guide to people-centred health promotion focuses on: Putting a people perspective at the centre of health promotion concerns Improvement of health-related quality of life, rather than just prevention of disease Empowering communities to develop and maintain their own self-determined action in health promotion Taking a developmental approach to intervention and evaluation within communities People-Centred Health Promotion will be essential reading for all students, researchers and practitioners in health promotion, community development and public health. ?[This] book engages the reader in an intellectually challenging and socially compelling enterprise.? Lawrence W. Green Institute of Health Promotion Research, University of British Columbia, Canada
Download or read book Taking Action on Population Health written by Canada. Health Canada and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this paper is to provide the staff of the Health Promotion and Programs Branch (HPPB) with a better understanding of what the adoption of a population health approach will mean to their work. Initially developed to serve as a basis for discussion at a series of Branch workshops on population health, the paper will also provide a resource for Branch staff as they become involved in further developments of the population health approach"--Context and Background.
Download or read book Community Health Promotion in Action written by Ontario. Health Promotion Branch and published by Ontario Ministry of Health, Healthy Lifestyles Promotion Program. This book was released on 1991 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Promoting Healthy Behavior written by Daniel Callahan and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The government, the media, HMOs, and individual Americans have all embraced programs to promote disease prevention. Yet obesity is up, exercise is down, teenagers continue to smoke, and sexually transmitted disease is rampant. Why? These intriguing essays examine the ethical and social problems that create subtle obstacles to changing Americans' unhealthy behavior. The contributors raise profound questions about the role of the state or employers in trying to change health-related behavior, about the actual health and economic benefits of even trying, and about the freedom and responsibility of those of us who, as citizens, will be the target of such efforts. They ask, for instance, whether we are all equally free to live healthy lives or whether social and economic conditions make a difference. Do disease prevention programs actually save money, as is commonly argued? What is the moral legitimacy of using economic and other incentives to change people's behavior, especially when (as with HMOs) the goal is to control costs? One key issue explored throughout the book is the fundamental ambivalence of traditionally libertarian Americans about health promotion programs: we like the idea of good health, but we do not want government or others posing threats to our personal lifestyle choices. The contributors argue that such programs will continue to prove less than wholly successful without a fuller examination of their place in our national values.
Download or read book Evaluation in Health Promotion written by Irving Rootman and published by WHO Regional Office Europe. This book was released on 2001 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of the WHO European Working Group on Health Promotion Evaluation which examined the current range of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods to provide guidance to policy-makers and practitioners. It includes an extensive c
Download or read book 7 Steps to Better Health Promotion written by Canada. Health Promotion Directorate and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
