Health Promotion: 25 years after / La promoción de la salud: 25 años después

By Dolors Juvinyà and Hiram Arroyo

Health Promotion: twenty five years after is an effort to symbolically and practically remark the development and contribution in the field of Health Promotion. It has taken as starting point the institutional perspective of Health Promotion from 1986 with the Ottawa Charter to the present.

The contents of the book exemplify the orientations and emphasis varied assumed by Health Promotion in different contexts. The publication incorporates the following general topics: Health Promotion in the context of Public Health, HP conceptual and operational evolution, health determinants, healthy public policy, the value of HP partnerships and networks , the effectiveness of the HP strategies, HP investments, value of research and HP evaluation, HP community empowerment and social participation, the approaches of cultural competence, health communication, Human resources HP training, the contribution of NGOs and civil society to HP, HP in the cities and in the hospital setting.

This publication illustrates different manifestations of thought and practice of health promotion globally. Heterogeneous thought of Health Promotion is reflected in the intellectual contributions of many colleagues in the international community. The publication recreates contributions and perspectives representing ten countries: Germany, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Spain, United States, Italy, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

Health Promotion: twenty five years after (2012) is a publishing project of the Chair on Health Promotion of the University of Girona. The content of the publication exemplifies the work and contribution of health promotion in recent years. It is a content that integrates conceptual perspectives, methodological and critical evaluative establishing the balance that should receive Health Promotion in recent years. It is a suggested reference for scholars and general staff that perform functions and practical outreach Health Promotion in the broad sense, inclusive spirit of this field of health. The content of the publication is material for study and analysis suggested by governmental, non-governmental and community organizations. It is a valuable material for Universities with Health Promotion programs and other entities that are developing or evaluating initiatives in Health Promotion.

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Promoción de la Salud: veinticinco años después es un esfuerzo de conmemorar de manera simbólica y práctica el desarrollo y la contribución del campo de la Promoción de la Salud.  Se ha tomado de punto de partida la perspectiva institucional de la Promoción de la Salud que se posiciona a partir del 1986 con la Carta de Ottawa hasta el presente.

El contenido del libro ejemplifica las orientaciones y los énfasis variados asumidos por la Promoción de la Salud en contextos diferenciados. La publicación incorpora las siguientes temáticas generales: la Promoción de la Salud en el contexto de la Salud Pública; la evolución conceptual y operativa de la PS, los determinantes de la salud; las políticas públicas saludables; el valor de las alianzas y redes en PS; la efectividad de las estrategias de PS; las inversiones en PS; la valorización de la investigación y la evaluación en PS; el apoderamiento comunitario y la participación social en la PS; los enfoques de competencia cultural; la comunicación en salud; la capacitación de recursos humanos en PS; la contribución de las organizaciones no gubernamentales y la sociedad civil en la PS; la PS en las ciudades y en el escenario hospitalario.

La publicación consigue ilustrar diferentes manifestaciones del pensamiento y la práctica de la Promoción de la Salud a nivel global. El pensamiento heterogéneo de la Promoción de la Salud se refleja en las contribuciones  intelectuales de diversos colegas de la comunidad internacional. La publicación recrea contribuciones y perspectivas representativas de diez países: Alemania, Australia, Brasil, Canadá, Colombia, España, Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, Italia, México, y Puerto Rico.

Promoción de la Salud: veinticinco años después (2012) es un proyecto de publicación de la Cátedra de Promoción de la Salud de la Universidad de Girona. El contenido de la publicación ejemplifica el quehacer y la contribución de la Promoción de la Salud en los últimos años. Es un contenido que integra perspectivas conceptuales, metodológicas y críticas estableciendo el balance valorativo que debe recibir la Promoción de la Salud en estos años. Es referencia sugerida para estudiosos y personal en general que realiza funciones y actividades de alcance práctico en Promoción de la Salud en el sentido amplio, integrador e inclusivo de este ámbito de la salud. El contenido de la publicación es material sugerido para estudio y análisis por parte de organizaciones gubernamentales, no gubernamentales y comunitarias. Es material valioso para Universidades con programas de especialidad en Promoción de la Salud y otras entidades que se encuentran desarrollando o evaluando iniciativas de Promoción de la Salud. 

Discussion questions: 

  

What are the advances of health promotion after 25 years of implementation? / ¿Cuáles son los avances de la promoción de la salud después de 25 años de implementación?

What is the contribution of health promotion nowadays? / ¿Cuál es la contribución de la promoción de la salud hoy día? 

What are the challenges for health promotion regarding the future? / ¿Qué retos depara el futuro para la promoción de la salud?

This book will be presented at the IUHPE World Conference 2013 under the session Meet the Authors.

Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights

By Ann Taket, with chapters contributed by Michaela Adamowitsch, Melika Chiswell, Brad Crammond, Arjun Singh and Carmel Treacy

Published 23rd April 2012 by Routledge

Important links between health and human rights are increasingly being recognised and human rights can be viewed as one of the social determinants of health. Furthermore, a human rights framework provides an excellent foundation for advocacy on health inequalities, a value-based alternative to views of health as a commodity, and the opportunity to move away from public health action being based on charity. This book demystifies systems set up for the protection and promotion of human rights globally, regionally and nationally. It explores the use and usefulness of rights-based approaches as an important part of the tool-box available to health and welfare professionals and community members working in a variety of settings to improve health and reduce health inequities. Global in its scope, Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights presents examples from all regions of the world to illustrate the successful use of human rights approaches in fields such as HIV/AIDS, improving accessibility to essential drugs, reproductive health, women’s health, and improving the health of marginalised and disadvantaged groups.

In what ways do you think human rights are involved in your daily life (as practitioner or researcher or citizen)?  

What connections do you see between human rights and  health promotion?

This book will be presented at the IUHPE World Conference 2013 under the session Meet the Authors.

Practising Social Inclusion

Edited by Ann Taket, Beth R. Crisp, Melissa Graham, Lisa Hanna, Sophie Goldingay, Linda Wilson

To be published 26^th June 2013
Practising Social Inclusion presents what we know about what works, and why, in promoting social inclusion and practising in a socially inclusive way. Contributing to the growing debates on social inclusion, this book moves beyond discussion of who it is that is socially excluded and the processes of exclusion. It draws on research and reflective practice to answer the vital question of how to actually work towards inclusion and includes five sections looking at different arenas for practice: policy; programme design; service delivery; community life; and research. Relevant to all those working to promote, or researching, human health and wellbeing, this book is especially suitable for practitioners, students and scholars in health promotion, social work, social policy, public health, disability studies, occupational therapy and nursing.

What opportunities are there in your daily life (as practitioner or researcher or citizen) for promoting social inclusion?  Which do you take and why?

In what ways do you think social inclusion is important to health promotion?

This book will be presented at the IUHPE World Conference 2013 under the session Meet the Authors.

The Hitchhiker’s guide to salutogenesis: Salutogenic pathways to health promotion

Three books, three languages, one topic:

The Hitchhiker's guide to salutogenesis: Salutogenic pathways to health promotion

La salutogénèse: Petit guide pour promouvoir la santé

Guía del autoestopista salutogénico: Camino salutogénico hacia la promoción de la salud  

Authors: Roy, M., Lindström, B., Juvinyà, D., & Eriksson, M.

These three books are useful to health promotion for different reasons. First, they directly address one of the main critics intended to health promotion that is, its lack of theory. The salutogenic perspective of Aaron Antonovsky presented and explained in these books represents a particularly well-suited theoretical framework to operationalize the Ottawa Charter for health promotion. Second, these books are written in simple terms in order to be accessible for every researchers, practitioners, stakeholders, and overall population as well, in the three official languages of the IUHPE. They moreover talk about health promotion in terms of promoting health rather than in terms of preventing diseases. This discussion is based on actual evidence supporting this perspective in health promotion. What creates health? What are the resources that people can use to reach a better health and increase their quality of life? This was the main purpose of these books rather than focusing on what protects against diseases.

Questions to debate online on VHPO.net prior to the Meet the Authors session:

1-To what extent can the salutogenic theory address the criticisms made to health promotion?
2-How does the salutogenic theory differ from other positive health approaches?
3-What are the main criticisms that we could address concerning the salutogenic theory?


This book(s) will be presented at the IUHPE World Conference 2013 under the session Meet the Authors with the title "Salutogenesis all around the world: A joint session with French, English, and Spanish version of a health promotion guide".