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Brief Health Promotion Activities
in the Region
1. Meeting
of the Evaluation and Conclusion of the Prolead II:
Initiative, WHO Kobe Center,
Japan (April
15-17, 2006)
2. Healthy
Urbanization Project Planning, WHO Kobe Center,
April 29-June 2, 2006; (Bangalore,
India
selected to participate);
3. Inter-country
consultation to finalize the Regional Strategy for Health promotion for
South-East Asia, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 26-29 June, 2006;
4. Global
School Health Survey data collection training (New Delhi
and Colombo, Sri Lanka);
5. Follow-up
to the 6th Global Conference on Health promotion: Meeting of WHO
Collaboration Centers and Academic institutions on the implementation of the
Bangkok Charter for Health promotion, Singapore,
Singapore
(February 16-18, 2006.
6. Health
promotion technical support of disease-specific programs including Avian
Influenza ( Indonesia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka)
7. Provide
technical support for the work of the Commission on Social Determinants of
Health (CSDH).
Definition of Concepts
 “Health
Promotion” is a process of enabling people to increase control over their
health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health.
“Health
Education” is a process comprising of consciously constructed opportunities
for learning and communication designed to improve health information, health
literacy, health knowledge and developing life
skills which are conducive to the promotion of an individual and community’s
health including that of the environment.
“Social
Responsibility for Health” is translated in the decisions and actions of
the decision-makers in both public and private sector to pursue policies and
practices which promote and protect health.
Social responsibilities for health is lacking when policies and
practices pursued by the private and public sectors are of the kind that harm
the individuals, families, communities and the environment.
“Empowerment
of Individuals, Families and Communities” is a process through which
people gain greater control over decisions and actions affecting their
health.
“Enabling
Individuals, Families and Communities” is to take action in partnership
with individual groups, families or communities to empower them. It fosters sustainability of health
promotion in the community.
Guiding Principles
Health promotion is guided by the following principles:
Health as a fundamental Human Right and sound
social investment;
Equity and Social justice in health promotion;
Social responsibility of the public and
private sectors in promoting health;
Partnerships, networking and alliance building
for health;
Individual and community participation as a
pre-requisite;
The individual has a social responsibility
over their own health;
Empowerment of the individual and communities
for health promotion;
Development of infrastructure for health
promotion;
Integration of health promotion activities
across sectors;
Professional ethics and standards.
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