Concepts of Health Promotion: Dualities in Public Health Theory

Author: Terris, Milton

Source: Health Promotion: An Anthology, Health Promotion: An Anthology , pp. 34-40(7)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Key:

- Free Content

- New Content

- Subscribed Content

- Free Trial Content

Abstract:

In this paper, the attempt is made to develop a unified concept of health promotion, based on examination of its historical background. The hypothesis offered is that the differing concepts of health promotion stem primarily from a duality in theories of disease causation, namely, specific causes on the one hand, and general causes on the other. The author goes back to 1820 and the association between poverty and disease presented by Dr. Alison in Edinburgh. He moves then across the original concept of health promotion from 1945, the second epidemiologic revolution, the Lalonde Report in Canada from 1974, the US Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion from 1979 and the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion from 1986.

Keywords: Health Promotion; Health Education; Poverty and Health; Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion; Public Policy

Document Type: Research article

The full text electronic article is available for purchase. You will be able to download the full text electronic article after payment.

$18.60 plus tax Refund Policy