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Emerging health issues: the widening challenge for population health promotion
SUMMARY
The spectrum of tasks for health promotion has widened since the Ottawa Charter was signed. In 1986, infectious diseases still seemed in retreat, the potential extent of HIV/AIDS was unrecognized, the Green Revolution was at its height and global poverty appeared less intractable. Global climate change had not yet emerged as a major threat to development and health. Most economists forecast continuous improvement, and chronic diseases were broadly anticipated as the next major health issue.
Today, although many broadly averaged measures of population health have improved, many of the determinants of global health have faltered. Many infectious diseases have emerged; others have unexpectedly reappeared. Reasons include urban crowding, environmental changes, altered sexual relations, intensified food production and increased mobility and trade. Foremost, however, is the persistence of poverty and the exacerbation of regional and global inequality.
Life expectancy has unexpectedly declined in several countries. Rather than being a faint echo from an earlier time of hardship, these declines could signify the future. Relatedly, the demographic and epidemiological transitions have faltered. In some regions, declining fertility has overshot that needed for optimal age structure, whereas elsewhere mortality increases have reduced population growth rates, despite continuing high fertility.
Few, if any, Millennium Development Goals (MDG), including those for health and sustainability, seem achievable. Policy-makers generally misunderstand the link between environmental sustainability (MDG #7) and health. Many health workers also fail to realize that social cohesion and sustainability—maintenance of the Earth's ecological and geophysical systems—is a necessary basis for health.
In sum, these issues present an enormous challenge to health. Health promotion must address population health influences that transcend national boundaries and generations and engage with the development, human rights and environmental movements. The big task is to promote sustainable environmental and social conditions that bring enduring and equitable health gains.
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| Author | Anthony J. McMichael and Colin D. Butler |
| Type | Article |
| Subject | Population growth |
| Tags | sustainability transitions globalization health promotion |
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Health Impacts of Global Climate Change 2001 SOEH
Stefi Barna has posted a new Video Podcast in the Sustainable Healthcare Education Network:
Health impacts of global climate change
This is 25 minute overview of the health impacts of global climate change, made by the Society for Occupational and Environmental Health (USA).
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| Type | Website |
| Subject | Climate change and sustainability |
| Tags | climate sustainability video climate change extreme weather |
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Health, Climate Change and Sustainability: A systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of the Literature
Abstract
Evidence of climate change and its impact continues to be accumulated, and it is argued that the consequences of climate change are likely to result in an increased demand on health services. It has been claimed that climate change presents new challenges for health services and that strategies should be adopted to address these challenges.
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| Author | A. Nichols, V. Maynard, B. Goodman, and J. Richardson |
| Type | Article |
| Subject | Climate change and sustainability |
| Tags | sustainability climate change health systematic review |
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The Millennium Development Goals: a cross-sectoral analysis and principles for goal setting after 2015
Reports on analysis by different sectoral experts on MDGs. Also provides a history to the MDGs, progress, tables on obsticles to delivery and on reinforcing links different areas of social progress. Free registration is necessary to access this article.
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| Author | Waage et al |
| Type | Article |
| Subject | Millennium Development Goals Poverty and inequality |
| Tags | south africa india gender education WHO UNICEF malawi zambia Poverty development equity thailand sustainability |
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