The imperative for health promotion in universal health coverage
| Autor: | Gloria Coe, Joy de Beyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Economic growth HRHIS Internationality business.industry Public health Health Policy International health General Medicine Health Promotion Public relations Primary Prevention Health promotion Universal Health Insurance Commentaries Health care medicine Humans Health law Social determinants of health Sociology business Developing Countries Health policy |
| Zdroj: | Global Health, Science and Practice |
| ISSN: | 2169-575X |
| Popis: | Universal health coverage (UHC) centers on delivering effective, affordable health care, and the policy focus is often heavily on curative care. Health promotion, on the other hand, centers on keeping people well, largely through promoting healthy behavior and environments. Implementing robust, effective evidence-based health promotion programs would improve people's health profoundly and also help ensure the financial viability of UHC. The emerging importance of noncommunicable diseases and injuries (NCDIs) in the developing world increases the imperative for prevention and health promotion. Fortunately, vibrant examples with strong impact are emerging both in the West and in developing countries. Health promotion programs implement a broad array of interventions to ensure optimal health and to prevent illness across the life span, at national, provincial, and community levels, involving multiple sectors of Government, notably Ministries of Education, Finance, Transportation, and Communication. Successful health promotion programs rely on qualified professionals specialized in areas as diverse as policy analysis, legislation, social psychology, social and behavior change communication, economics, sociology, and health journalism. This article advocates that national policy and decision-makers should rebalance efforts in the health field to do far more to promote health and prevent disease. This will require: raising competencies, profiles, and incentives for health promotion and disease prevention professionals; a stronger health promotion curriculum in schools of public health and far more attention to health promotion and disease prevention in the training of doctors and other health care providers; and an improved legal, operational, and management framework of health promotion units in health ministries at national and provincial levels, with clearer roles and responsibilities and adequate budgets. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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