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The Future of Health Promotion - Coggle Diagram
The Future of Health Promotion
The field of health promotion must continue to expand its scope outside of healthcare to understand the root causes of health inequities to better tackle social justice and environmental safety issues.
1.1. Globally, humans face increasingly complex health and social challenges
Climate change
Colonization
Social disruption
Underemployment/unemployment
1.2. The emergence of new diseases due to large-scale events will disproportionately impact specific populations
Extreme weather conditions
Rising sea levels
Environmental degradation
1.3. Health promotion needs to move beyond traditional resource indicators
Structures within governments and academic institutions
Public health and healthcare budgets
Number of individuals with health promotion credentials
Despite a crucial shift from addressing health behaviours to health inequities, the field of health promotion lacks sufficient recognition and support within the larger health system.
2.1. Health promotion practitioners continue to face challenges and constraints
Lack of autonomy
Limited resources
Lack of support for engaging in innovative practices
No free-standing health promotion research centres in Canada
2.2. Health promotion research has contributed to and improved our understanding of the determinants of health
Development of theories
Formulation of models
Advancement in methodologies
2.3. Health promotion increases multisectoral collaborative efforts
Health literacy networks
Intersectoral steering committees
Health impact assessments
Amidst ongoing global challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and geopolitical shifts, health promotion must recognize the interconnections among these events, ensuring a collective approach to address their syndemic nature.
3.1. Emergencies and disasters are influenced by underlying systemic issues within our political and economic systems
Systemic social and racist inequities
Violation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Concentration of wealth
3.2. Need to build health into all policies by forming collaborations that transcend traditional health promotion boundaries
Environmental groups
Urban planners
Social activists
Infrastructure industries
The restructuring of health promotion practices involves shifting from prevailing perspectives and making room for other epistemological traditions that shape one's perception of the world.
5.1. Need to transition from a capitalist ideology that leads to unsustainable practices
Resource extraction
Individual accumulation of health
Exploitation of labour
Consumerism
5.2. Must dismantle colonial legacies and structures to shift power dynamics
De-centre whiteness
Employ racial equity tools
Empower Indigenous governance
5.3. Co-creation can develop more culturally safe health policies and programs
Participatory and community-based research initiatives
Challenges applicability of current programs
Incorporates Indigenous research methods
Meaningful engagement
Health promotion during the COVID-19 pandemic exemplified its pivotal role in public health, offering critical lessons for future crises.
4.1. Preventative measures of COVID-19 largely encompassed behavioural changes, a core competency of health promotion
Hand washing
Wearing masks
Social distancing
4.2. Health promotion’s multifaceted nature was able to address COVID at different levels
Downstream – behaviour change
Midstream – organizational and community-level interventions
Upstream – informing policies
4.3. COVID-19 highlighted the need to adapt promotion strategies to address infectious diseases
Focus on intervention research
Develop participatory methods