Health Promotion
Enabling people to take control over, and to improve, their health
Mediate
Involving all groups of society in achieving the greatest of health achievements
Advocate
To speak on behalf of vulnerable groups so as to improve their health and wellbeing by altering certain factors that are affecting them
Enable
Aims to provide people with the knowledge and skills required to take control over and improve their health
Health as a Resource - Individual
- Gaining Education/Income
- Live longer, healthier life
Health as a Resource - Nationally
- Health System Savings
- Higher Average Incomes
Health as a Resource - Globally
- Promotes economic development
- Less disease transmission between countries
Two Characteristics of Emotional Health and Wellbeing
- Recognise and understand the range of emotions
- Have a high resilience
Objectives of the UN’s SDGs
- End extreme poverty
- Address climate change
- Fight Inequality and Injustice
Two rationales of the UN’s SDGs
- Progress of the MDG’s was uneven across regions and countries, leaving millions of people behind, such as those disadvantaged by sex or by disability
- New global challenges such as conflict and and mass migration had emerged that needed to be considered for the new global goals
Key Features of SDG3 that represent Health and Wellbeing outcomes
- Reduce maternal and child mortality
- Reduce communicable diseases
- Reduce non-communicable diseases
Two core functions of the WHO
- Provide leadership and create partnerships to promote health and wellbeing
- Monitor health and wellbeing and assess health and wellbeing trends
Priorities of the WHO
- Achieving universal health coverage
- Promoting healthier populations
- Address health emergencies
Universal Health Coverage
Refers to every country having a strong and resilient people-centred health system based on primary care, health promotion and disease prevention
Promoting Healthier populations
Focuses on the achievement of the health and wellbeing targets in SDG 3
Advantages of aid provided by NGOs
- Can often access areas that other forms of aid are unable to reach
- Promotes community development and participation
Features of Australia’s aid program
- Provision of Official Development Assistance (0.22% of GNI)
- Indo-pacific region is the focus of Australia’s aid
Priorities of Australia’s Aid Initiatives
- Education and Health
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Water
Features of effective aid programs
- Results focused
- Partnerships
Morbidity
Ill health in an individual and levels of ill health within a population
Burden of disease
A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability
Disability-adjusted life year (DALY)
A measure of burden of disease. One DALY is equal to one year of healthy life lost due to illness and/or death
Life Expectancy
The number of years of life, on average, remaining to an individual at a particular age if death rates do not change
Health adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
The average length of time an individual at a specific age can expect to live in full health
