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Support Material

This page includes a list of publications relating to noncommunicable disease prevention and health promotion.

- Health Promotion Glossary : WHO/HPR/HEP/98.1. A useful guide for readers of WHO documents and other health promotion publications to clarify the meaning of and relationship between many health promotion words. It includes definitions of terms, such as "network" and "self help", concepts, such as "health literacy" and "sustainable development", and initiatives, such as "healthy cities" and "health promoting hospitals". Available in the following langauges:

* Health Promotion Glossary in English (in pdf, size 568KB)
* Health Promotion Glossary in French (in pdf, size 196KB)
* Health Promotion Glossary in Russian (in pdf, size 517KB)
* Health Promotion Glossary in Spanish (in pdf, size 118KB)

- Fifth Global Conference on Health Promotion (5GCHP) "Health Promotion: Bridging the Equity Gap", Mexico City, 5-9 June 2000.

* Conference Report in English (in pdf, 324KB)
* Conference Report in Spanish (in pdf, size 143KB)

 

- Jakarta Conference - Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion (4ICHP) "New Partners for a New Era - Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century", Jakarta, Indonesia, 21-25 July 1997.

- Sundsvall Statement on Supportive Environments (in pdf, size 19KB) - Third International Conference on Health Promotion "Supportive Environments for Health", Sundsvall, Sweden, 9-15 June 1991, which produced the

- Adelaide Recommendations on Healthy Public Policy (in pdf, size 22KB) - Second International Conference on Health Promotion "Healthy Public Policy", Adelaide, Australia, 5-9 April 1988, which produced the

- First International Conference on Health Promotion "The Move Towards a New Public Health", Ottawa, Canada, 17-21 November 1986.

* Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (in pdf, size 17KB) - The charter for action to achieve Health for All by the year 2000 and beyond that developed from the conference.

* The Health Promotion Logo (in pdf, size 95KB) - A brief explanation of the logo used by WHO since the First International Conference on Health Promotion.

 

- Declaration of Alma-Ata (in pdf, size 12KB): International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, 6-12 September 1978

PRESS RELEASES AND FACT SHEETS

- Health Promotion in the 21st century: an era of partnerships to achieve health for all: 22 June 1998, WHO/47. "Partnerships are the key to successfully promoting health and thus improving people's lives," said Dr Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the former WHO Division of Health Promotion, Education and Communication.

- WHO's Global School Health Initiative: Helping Schools to Become "Health-Promoting Schools": Reviewed June 1998, WHO/FS92. Health is directly linked to educational achievement, quality of life and economic productivity. Research in both developing and developed countries demonstrates that school health programmes can simultaneously reduce common health problems, increase the efficiency of the education system and advance public health, education and social and economic development in all nations.

- Health Promotion: milestones on the road to a global alliance: Reviewed June 1998, WHO/FS171. A formal commitment to health promotion at an international level was made at the First International Conference on Health Promotion held in Ottawa, Canada in 1986. This conference resulted in the Ottawa Charter. This milestone document enshrines the idea of health creation as the cornerstone of the health promotion approach: "Health is created where people live, love, work and play".

- New Health Promotion Initiatives: 5 September 1997, WHO/63. Following the Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion, WHO announced a package of new health promotion initiatives.

- New Partners to Build a Healthier Society: 18 July 1997,
WHO/56. Announcement of the Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion, New Players for a New Era".

- Benefits of Active Living: 6 March 1997, WHO/19. You do not need to be an extraordinary athlete to maintain good health - one of the key messages of an international meeting organized by WHO on the subject of physical activity and health.

SEE ALSO

Noncommunicabe Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion (NPH) Programme's publications page:

- Ageing and Life Course
- Mega Country Health Promotion Network (meeting reports)
- Physical Activity
- School Health and Youth Health Promotion
- WHO Library
- WHO Publications
- World Health Assembly Executive Board Documentation