Health Promotion and Stroke

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Health Promotion and Stroke
Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse Prevent
Stroke www.preventstroke.ca
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Mike
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Mike
Limited access to health services
No company pension, limited income
Education
House inappropriate for current needs
Retired
Few Social Support Networks
Family History of CVD
Too physically large for public transport
Male
Poor dietary practices
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Health
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Health
Health Services
Income and Social Status
Education
Physical Environments
Employment and Working Conditions
Social Support Networks
Biology and Genetic Endowment
Healthy Child Development
Social Environments
Gender
Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills
Culture
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Defining Health Promotion

• Health Promotion is the process of enabling
  people to increase control over the determinants
  of health, and thereby improve their health.
  (Regional Framework for Health Promotion, WHO
  2002)

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Health Promotion Values, Assumptions and Beliefs

• Health
• Social Justice
• Power Sharing
• Ecology
• Social Inclusion

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Health
Health Services
Income and Social Status
Education
Physical Environments
Employment and Working Conditions
Social Support Networks
Biology and Genetic Endowment
Healthy Child Development
Social Environments
Gender
BELIEFS
VALUES
Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills
Culture
ASSUMPTIONS
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Why a comprehensive approach?

• To effectively prevent and manage chronic
  diseases, a multidisciplinary and collaborative
  approach is needed.