Healthy islands in the Western Pacific - international settings development
Healthy islands in the Western Pacific - international settings development
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DOI:
10.1093/heapro/15.2.169
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发表时间:
2000-06-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Tamplin, SA
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作者:
Galea, G;Powis, B;Tamplin, SA
In 1995, WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office published its health policy framework, New Horizons in Health (WHO, 1995a), a life cycleoriented model that centres on the concepts of health promotion and health protection, and particularly emphasizes wellness, positive health and participation (Han, 1996). Developed in response to the changing health needs and environmental conditions in one of the most rapidly developing areas of the world, the policy seeks to provide a framework for helping ‘... ensure that health and the environment are not damaged by the economic progress for which people have worked so hard.’In response to this policy framework, the Ministers of Health of Pacific Island countries articulated the Yanuca Island Declaration, a vision of health for island nations (WHO, 1995b) that sought to encapsulate for their countries the ideals of New Horizons in Health. The Yanuca Island vision has been hailed as ‘a truly ecological model of health promotion’(Nutbeam, 1996). Its inspiring words conjure an idyllic image: healthy islands should be places where:• children are nurtured in body and mind;• environments invite learning and leisure;• people work and age with dignity;• ecological balance is a source of pride.