TAILIEUCHUNG - Ebook Malocclusion - causes, complications and treatment: Part 2

(BQ) Part 2 book “Malocclusion - causes, complications and treatment” has contents: Orthodontic appliances for malocclusion, removable appliances for malocclusion, functional appliances for malocclusion, orthopedic appliances for malocclusion, fixed appliances for malocclusion, and other contents. | PID13 5/21/04 11:39 AM Page 96 Chapter 13 Health promotion and health education Introduction The terms health promotion and health education are sometimes confused. Both are strategies aimed at improving the public health, but while the concepts are complementary they are not synonymous. Health promotion involves the empowerment of the community in improving its health through education, through the provision of preventive health services and by improvement of the social, physical and economic environments. Health education is the empowerment of individuals through increased knowledge and understanding, but does not involve the political advocacy necessary in health promotion. The health strategies that emerged during the 19th century were in some ways similar to those that we now term health promotion. Thus, Medical Officers of Health worked for local authorities with the aim of improving the environment, encouraging healthy public policies, introducing preventive strategies (. sanitation and vaccination) and encouraging better health through education. Another step in the development of health promotion was the Peckham Pioneer Health Centre project, which began in south London in the 1930s. It provided conventional health care and health education together within an environment that supported community development through the provision of recreational and sports facilities. 96 The new public health A new public health initiative was heralded by the Lalonde Report for the Canadian Government (1974), which incorporated health promotion as an integral part of the government strategy to improve public health. Lalonde identified four main influences on people’s health. Lalonde’s four health factors 1 Genetic and biological factors 2 Behavioural and attitudinal factors—the so-called lifestyle factors 3 Environmental factors, which include economic, social, cultural and physical factors 4 The organization of health care systems A growing awareness of the .

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