WHO Health Promotion Glossary: new terms

Abstract

The WHO Health Promotion Glossary was written to facilitate understanding, communication and cooperation among those engaged in health promotion at the local, regional, national and global levels. Two editions of the Glossary have been released, the first in 1986 and the second in 1998, and continued revision of the document is necessary to promote consensus regarding meanings and to take account of developments in thinking and practice. In this update 10 new terms that are to be included in the Glossary are presented. Criteria for the inclusion of terms in the Glossary are that they differentiate health promotion from other health concepts, or have a specific application or meaning when used in relation to health promotion. The terms defined here are: burden of disease; capacity building; evidence-based health promotion; global health; health impact assessment; needs assessment; self-efficacy; social marketing; sustainable health promotion strategies, and; wellness. WHO will continue to periodically update the Health Promotion Glossary to ensure its relevance to the international health promotion community.

A Capacity Building Approach to Increase Sports Participation in Disadvantaged Urban Communities: A Multilevel Analysis

“…6 In the health promotion glossary, "community capacity" is defined as "the development of knowledge, skills, commitment, structures, systems and leadership to enable effective health promotion." 7 It has its influences on three levels of health promotion. 7 First, it affects the practitioners' level, by improving their knowledge and skills.…”

“…7 It has its influences on three levels of health promotion. 7 First, it affects the practitioners' level, by improving their knowledge and skills. Second, it stimulates the organizational level, by expanding the support and infrastructure.…”

The Challenges and the Needs of Partnership in the Implementation of Healthy Cities in Indonesia: A Case Study of Makassar

“…Jakarta Declaration (1997): New Player for New Era-leading health promotion into the 21st century (WHO, 2011). The theme of the conference held in Bangkok was "Policy and Partnership for Action: Addressing the Determinants of Health" (Barry, Allegrante, Lamarre, Auld, & Taub, 2009;Porter, 2007;Smith, Tang, & Nutbeam, 2006;WHO, 2001). This conference recognized the importance of partnerships in tackling the increasingly complex health problems and even the conference conducted in Indonesia was the first conference involving the private sector optimally.…”

Empowerment durch Kapazitätsentwicklung im Quartier – erste Ergebnisse und Einschätzung eines Erhebungsinstruments

“…In dem kurze Zeit darauf erschienenen " Health Promotion Glossary " [3] hat Capacity Building keinen eigenst ä ndigen Eintrag (ebenso wenig wie in einem Grundsatzreferat ü ber die Evaluation von Gesundheitsf ö rderung [4] ), wird aber im Kontext der intermedi ä ren Gesundheitsergebnisse erw ä hnt: In diesem Zusammenhang wird von " partizipativen " und " pluralistischen " Evaluationsans ä tzen gesprochen, " which may help building capacities of individuals, communities, organizations and governments to address important health problems " . In einer Erg ä nzung des WHO-Glossars [5] wird Capacity Building explizit aufgenommen, jedoch nicht von dem eng verwandten Konzept Empowerment abgegrenzt. Die Formulierungen legen vielmehr nahe, dass Aktivit ä ten und Prozesse des Capacity Building wie auch des Empowerment [6,7] letztendlich zu denselben Ergebnissen f ü hren, n ä mlich zu Gemeinden bzw.…”

“…Die Formulierungen legen vielmehr nahe, dass Aktivit ä ten und Prozesse des Capacity Building wie auch des Empowerment [6,7] letztendlich zu denselben Ergebnissen f ü hren, n ä mlich zu Gemeinden bzw. Quartieren, die f ä hig sind, " to take action to address their needs as well as the social and political support that is required for successful implementation of programs " (so die Formulierung f ü r Capacity Building bei Smith et al [5] ). Man k ö nnte als Unterschied allenfalls unterstellen, dass Empowerment mehr die politische Bef ä higung Benachteiligter anspricht, w ä hrend der Akzent bei " knowledge, skills, commitment, structures, systems and leadership " als Kernelemente von Capacity Building mehr auf den pragmatischen Lernprozess eines Gemeinwesens fokussiert.…”