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Public Health Promotion, Education & Capacity Building

Last updated on 07 July 2008

Health promotion is based on the critical human right that everyone should be able to attain a personal standard of health without discrimination. It is a core function of public health and contributes to tackling communicable and non-communicable diseases. The global context for health promotion has changed markedly since the development of the WHO definition in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion in 1986. Critical factors that now influence personal health include increasing inequalities within and between countries; new patterns of consumption and communication; commercialisation of health; global environmental changes, and urbanisation.

Health education is a capacity building strategy of health promotion that encourages positive behavior modification of individual risk behaviors that prevent people from reaching their optimal health. Health education is now included in mainstream school curriculum in many countries. It aims to assist students in forming positive attitudes and practices that assist in the development of emotional health, self image, drug use and abuse, exercise, nutrition, weight control, and sexual relationships.

Follow the links below for a range of resources on health promotion, education and capacity building, including research papers, case studies, evaluations and websites.


 

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