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Population Health Promotion: Responsible Sharing of Future Directions

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Population health promotion illustrates most robustly that health is a shared responsibility. Improving our understanding of the social production of health and the purchase population health promotion has on shaping social welfare policy presents a number of challenges to the future development of this discourse. Three are briefly discussed in this paper. First is the matter of language we use to describe our understanding of processes and influences. Second is the conceptualization of the pathways that shape population health status. Finally, cultural practices both extant and required to improve health status and reduce inequalities are addressed.

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La promotion de la santé de la population illustre de façon convaincante que la santé est une responsabilité partagée. Améliorer notre compréhension de la production sociale de la santé et de l’impact de la promotion de la santé de la population sur la structuration des politiques de bien-être social présente un certain nombre de défis pour le développement futur de ce discours. Trois d’entre eux sont brièvement discutés dans cet article. Premièrement, nous notons le langage que nous utilisons pour décrire notre compréhension des processus et influences. Deuxièmement, la conceptualisation des mécanismes qui structurent les états de santé des populations est discutée. Enfin, les pratiques culturelles actuelles et requises pour améliorer l’état de santé et réduire les inéquités sont traitées.

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Hayes, M.V. Population Health Promotion: Responsible Sharing of Future Directions. Can J Public Health 90 (Suppl 1), S15–S17 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03403572

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