Health Promotion 1: Foundation

Health Promotion 1: Foundations

This section contains policies, practices, and aspirational documents on the foundations of health promotion.

Foundational Documents

Tiohtià:ke Statement: Catalysing policies for health, well-being and equity. (2022). Global Health Promotion, 29(4), 3–7. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579759221134772

An Indigenous document that describes the calls to action to for global health, wellbeing, and equity utilizing Indigenous voice and knowledge.

United Nations. (2007). United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf

This online document details the rights of Indigenous people.

World Health Organization. (2021). The Geneva Charter for Well-being https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/the-geneva-charter-for-well-being

A document that calls upon the organizations and governments alike to engage in practices that promote well-being.

World Health Organization. (1986). Ottawa charter for health promotion, 1986 (No. WHO/EURO: 1986-4044-43803-61677). World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/services/health-promotion/population-health/ottawa-charter-health-promotion-international-conference-on-health-promotion/charter.pdf

This charter outlines actions and strategies that are essential in health promotion.

World Health Organization. (1978). Declaration of alma-ata (No. WHO/EURO: 1978-3938-43697-61471). World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/347879

Declares that primary healthcare is required to achieve health and well-being for all.

Theories, Models, and Evaluation Frameworks for Health Promotion

Crosby, R. and Noar, S.M. (2011), What is a planning model? An introduction to PRECEDE-PROCEED. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 71: S7-S15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00235.x

This articles details the steps involved in the PRECEDE-PORCEED model, while emphasizing the importance of planning

Fry, D., & Zask, A. (2017). Applying the Ottawa Charter to inform health promotion programme design. Health Promotion International, 32(5), 901–912. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daw022

In this article, the authors adapt the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion for program design.

Peterson, J. A. (2012). One theoretical framework for cardiovascular disease prevention in women. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 27(4), 295-302, https://doi.org/10.1097/JCN.0b013e31822072fc

This journal article summarizes several health behavior change theories while noting their applicability to cardiovascular disease

Public Health Agency of Canada. (2001, December 8). Population health promotion: an integrated model of population health and health promotion. Government of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/population-health/population-health-promotion-integrated-model-population-health-health-promotion/developing-population-health-promotion-model.html

This government source details the Population Health Promotion model.

Priority Setting in Health Promotion

Public Health Ontario. (2016). Focus on logic models: a planning and evaluation tool. Ontario: Queen’s Printer. https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/f/2016/focus-on-logic-model.pdf?sc_lang=en

This resource explains and provides examples of how to create a logic model for health promotion planning.

Fry, D., & Zask, A. (2017). Applying the Ottawa Charter to inform health promotion programme design. Health Promotion International, 32(5), 901-912. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.48518785&site=eds-live

This document does a great job of explaining how to operationalize and apply the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Community Engagement

World Health Organization. (2020). Community engagement: a health promotion guide for universal health coverage in the hands of the people. Geneva: World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240010529

This guide details four levels of community engagement while relating community engagement to the Ottawa Charter of health Promotion. It also includes a strategy checklist for community engagement.