Health promotion in action : from local to global empowerment

Examining health promotion in the context of globalization, this book explores how globalization affects health and shows how practitioners can respond to these new challenges. Globalization is reshaping the field of health promotion practice. In this innovative study, the authors outline health promotion's traditional concerns and argue that 'a policy of glocalization' (thinking globally, acting locally) can succeed in establishing health equality and achieving empowerment individually, locally, nationally and globally. Drawing on international examples across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, this study analyses economic policies and their link to health, particularly in relation to the developing world. Globalization affects health in varied ways and this book examines the competing ways in which 'global health' has been framed in public policy, concluding by revealing how health promoters can respond to globalization's new challenges Globalization Is Reshaping The Field Of Health Promotion Practice. In This Innovative Book, The Authors Outline Health Promotion's Traditional Concerns And Argue That 'a Policy Of Globalization' (thinking Globally, Acting Locally) Can Succeed In Establishing Health Equality And Achieving Empowerment Individually, Locally, Nationally And Globally. Drawing On International Examples Across Africa, Asia, Europe And North America, This Book Analyses Economic Policies And Their Link To Health, Particularly In Relation To The Developing World. Globalization Affects Health In Varied Ways, And This Book Examines The Competing Ways In Which 'global Health' Has Been Framed In Public Policy, Concluding By Revealing How Health Promoters Can Respond To Globalization's New Challenges.--book Jacket. Health Promotion : Concepts And Context -- Health Promotion Practice : Power, Empowerment And The Social Determinants Of Health -- Pathways To Local Empowerment -- Working To Build Empowerment : The Local Challenge -- Pathways From The Local To The Global -- Working To Build Empowerment : The Global Challenge -- Glocalisation : Health Promotion's Next Grand Challenge? Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack ; With A Foreword By Fran Baum. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 185-203) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction: Localising the Global....Pages 1-5 Health Promotion: Concepts and Context....Pages 6-24 Health Promotion Practice: Power, Empowerment and the Social Determinants of Health....Pages 25-52 Pathways to Local Empowerment....Pages 53-72 Working to Build Empowerment: The Local Challenge....Pages 73-102 Pathways from the Local to the Global....Pages 103-126 Working to Build Empowerment: The Global Challenge....Pages 127-158 Glocalisation: Health Promotion’s Next Grand Challenge?....Pages 159-184 Back Matter....Pages 185-215 Health promotion: concepts and context Health promotion practice: power, empowerment and the social determinants of health Power: the capacity to resist change Pathways to local empowerment Working to build empowerment: the local challenge Pathways from the local to the global Working to build empowerment: the global challenge Glocalisation: health promotion's next grand challenge?.