Promoting Health: Politics and Practice

Adams, Lee; Amos, Mary Ellen; Munro, James B.

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“…Yet inequalities in health continue, within countries (on the basis of socio-economic class, gender or ethnicity) and between them (in terms of wealth and resources) (Donkn et al, 2002;Davey Smith et al, 2002). How these inequalities in health are approached by society is highly political: are health inequalities to be accepted as 'natural' and inevitable results of individual differences both in respect of genetics and the silent hand of the economic market, or are they social and economic abhorrences that need to be tackled by a modern state and a humane society (Adams et al, 2002)? Underpinning these different approaches to health inequalities are not only divergent views of what is scientifically or economically possible, but also differing political and ideological opinions about what is desirable.…”

Section: Health Inequalitiesmentioning

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Towards a politics of health

Bambra¹,

Fox²,

Scott-Samuel³

2005

Health Promotion International

310

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The importance of public policy as a determinant of health is routinely acknowledged, but there remains a continuing absence of mainstream debate about the ways in which the politics, power and ideology, which underpin public policy influence people's health. This paper explores the possible reasons behind the absence of a politics of health and demonstrates how explicit acknowledgement of the political nature of health will lead to more effective health promotion strategy and policy, and to more realistic and evidence-based public health and health promotion practice.

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Section: Health Inequalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a politics of health

Bambra¹,

Fox²,

Scott-Samuel³

2005

Health Promotion International

310

206

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Factors to Consider When Assessing Patients

Crouch¹,

Rumbold²,

Thompson³

et al. 2016

Vital Notes for Nurses: Health Assessment

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Effective community health participation strategies: a Cuban example

Greene

2003

Health Planning & Management

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Since the decade of the 1970s health promotion has been an integral part of most primary health care strategies. This article examines some community participation strategies adopted in the health promotion in Cuba and the policies which enable such strategies. This is done in the context of health promotion theory and also examines the concept of direct involvement by the political directorate in health promotion. The article is written from a reflexive perspective following the author's visit to Cuba as member of a health study tour in March 2002.

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Promoting Health: Politics and Practice

Cited by 9 publications

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Towards a politics of health

Towards a politics of health

Factors to Consider When Assessing Patients

Effective community health participation strategies: a Cuban example

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