Healthy Settings

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Announcements

Health Promotion Forum in the Americas and II Chilean Congress on Health Promotion
The Division of Health Promotion and Protection and the Ministry of Chile are sponsoring a forum on "Health Promotion in the Americas". The Forum will take place in Santiago, Chile, October 20-24, 2002. The Forum will bring together more than 500 high level national and local government officials, health professionals and mayors to participate in a review and discussion of the progress made in strengthening health promotion in the last two years.(30/Aug/2002)
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What is Health Promotion in PAHO?
The Pan-American Health Organization's definition of health promotion is founded in the Ottawa Charter which states that health promotion is, the process of enabling and empowering people to take control over and improve the determinants of health. Health promotion involves: building healthy public policies, creating a supportive setting, strengthening community action, developing personal abilities, and reorienting health services. (2/Jul/2002)
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Books

Dirección General de Promoción de la Salud - Boletín No. 6 -
Por medio de este Boletín, la Dirección General de Promoción de la Salud en conjunto con la Organización Panamericana de la Salud en Lima Perú, presentan las diversas experiencias seleccionadas como exitosas a nivel nacional, en la implementación del Programa de Promoción de la Salud en las Instituciones Educativas, según los criterios de selección establecidos.(8/Feb/2006)
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Memoria Primer Encuentro Nacional de Promoción de la Salud. Lima, Perú
En noviembre del 2004 se realizó en Lima, Perú el Primer Encuentro Nacional de Promoción de la Salud, que contó con la participación de más de 50 expositores nacionales e internacionales en materia de promoción de la salud.(17/Jan/2006)
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Healthy municipalities, cities and communities: Evaluation Recommendations for Policymakers in the Americas
Health promotion has emerged internationally as an important strategy for achieving equity, democracy and social justice. It has demonstrated success in addressing difficult health, social, and economic problems, providing a valuable framework through which to organize social and political action to improve health and living conditions. Health promotion is a technical and political approach to work across sectors and improve the quality of life.(14/Nov/2005)
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Databases

Health Promoting Schools, Questionnaire for Networks
Questionnaire for Networks on Health Promoting Schools.(5/Feb/2002)
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en español     (227.84k)   (26.76k)  

Health Promoting Schools, Questionnaire for Schools
Questionnaire for Schools to Register National Health Promoting Schools Network.(5/Feb/2002)
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en español     (227.84k)   (28.48k)  

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Other Resources

Escuelas Promotoras de la Salud - Folleto Informativo
La Iniciativa Regional Escuelas Promotoras de la Salud de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Oficina Regional de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, surgió formalmente en 1995 en respuesta a la situación, prioridades y perspectivas en salud escolar de los Estados Miembros de la Región de las Américas.(7/Mar/2006)
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Program of the Health Promotion Forum in the Americas
Schedule of different activities and Sessions that took place during the Health Promotion Forum. The Forum was held in Santiago, Chile, from 20 to 24 October 2002.(18/Jul/2002)
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en español     (49.25k)  

Health Promotion Forum of the Americas: Criteria for the Selection of Health Promotion Experiences and Good Practices
The Scientific Committee of the Health Promotion Forum of the Americas to be carried out in Santiago, Chile, 20-24 of October, 2002 will review and select exemplary experiences and good practices for oral presentation within two categories of Forum sessions: 1) Meeting of the Healthy Municipalities and Communities Network of the Americas, and the 2) Technical Sessions. Experiences will also be selected for poster presentation.(18/Jul/2002)
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en español     (95.54k)  

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Periodical Publications

Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities. Bulletin No. 4
This Bulletin covers activities carried out in Argentina, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay and the Healthy Housing Regional Symposium: challenges for the millenium in the slums of Latin America and the Caribbean.(17/Jan/2006)
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en español     (244.67k)  

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Technical Documents

Regional Declarations, Charters and Commitments
Health promotion focuses on achieving equity in health. Health promotion action aims at reducing differences in current health status and ensuring equal opportunities and resources to enable all people to achieve their fullest health potential.(13/Mar/2006)
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en español     (2.02k)  

The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World
The Bangkok Charter affirms that policies and partnerships to empower communities, and to improve health and health equality, should be at the centre of global and national development. The Bangkok Charter complements and builds upon the values, principles and action strategies of health promotion established by the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and the recommendations of the subsequent global health promotion conferences which have been confirmed by Member States through the World Health Assembly.(14/Aug/2005)
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en español     (99.84k)  

Healthy Municipalities and Communities - Mayors' Guide
The purpose of this kit for mayors and other local authorities is to provide information and orientation to decision-makers about the main components of the HMC Strategy, which puts health promotion concepts into practice at the municipal level. The Kit includes and defines afew health promotion terms related to the process of implementing HMC such as empowerment and healthy public policy which may be unfamiliar. The Kit also provides information on other organizations and institutions that are working with municipal governments to strengthen their capacity.(14/Jun/2004)
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