Week 9 Health Promotion Mind Map

  1. A myriad of approaches would be valuable in addressing diverse communities and their needs as indicated by the history of participatory practice in health promotion

Alinsky Tradition approach

Freire approach

  1. Areas of advantage brought from using various approaches:

Equitable relationships built in the community

Organizational structures that acknowledgement

Customizable to community-specific needs and situations

Can be inclusive to intersectional perspectives

  1. Many priorities that can be held with these approaches are:

Changes to approaches for evolving and persisting systemic issues

Support teamwork, community development and overall improved community governance

Reiterate the value-based work that is essential to the community at hand

Allow greater space for knowledge building and learning

4) Building movement from these approaches to health promotion for equitable health improvement could encourage larger structures such as:

Governmental bodies

Corporate environments

Health and Safety Regulations

Health Rights

  1. For these participatory health promotion practices to be effective, some key stakeholders valued in trust are (in hierarchy):


Impacted community members

Other community members

Social service networks

Public health agencies

Governmental elected officials