WHO Prerequisites for Health - PowerPoint Presentation

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WHO Prerequisites for Health

World Health Organisation

Needs for Health

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSYaGCfPrxo

Whilst watching write down as many factors mentioned that could impact on the health and wellbeing of an individual and country.

Using different colours see if you can group these factors based on a common link.

On what basis did you link them?

Why did you choose that criteria?

Where did these prerequisites come from?

The Ottawa Charter devised a list of vital prerequisites for one’s health both individually and globally.

Many of these impact on each other and the community.

Can impact on health and wellbeing in many ways.

Prerequisites of Health

Peace

Shelter

Education

Food

Income

Stable Ecosystems

Sustainable Resources

Social Justice

Equity

How can I remember them?

P

eople

(Peace)

S

hould

(Shelter)

E

at

(Education)

F

ood

(Food)

I

ncluding

(Income)

S

ome

(Stable Ecosystems)

S

ustainable

(Sustainable Resources)

S

alad

(Social Justice)

E

veryday

(Equity)

Peace

Absence of conflict

Increased ability to move freely around their community and go about their daily activities

Promotes the preservation of infrastructure

Promotes health

and wellbeing. How?

Shelter

Describes structure that provides protection from the outside environment.

Basic human right

How can this promote health and wellbeing? (think SPEMS).

Education

Empowers individuals and increases their ability to earn an income, understand health promotion messages, exhibit healthy behaviours, and find meaning and purpose in life.

Can allow more meaningful and well paid form of employment which can then impact on the health and wellbeing of an individual – how?

Food

Increases the ability of individuals to consume the required nutrients which is important for the functioning of the human body.

Provides energy to complete daily tasks and reduce the risk of malnutrition.

Income

Increases the ability to afford resources such as healthcare, transport and education.

Increases the capacity to provide social services and security and resources such as public housing, infrastructure and recreation facilities.

Stable Ecosystems

An

ecosystem

is a community that consists of all the living and non-living components of an area.

Stability

indicates that all living things have their needs such as water, food, shelter and reproduction met without detrimental effects to the natural environment

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A

stable ecosystem

occurs when balance is achieved between the environment and the species that live in an environment.

Sustainable Resources

Sustainability

is defined as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs” (UN).

Relates to ensuring that the resources used to promote health and wellbeing in the present are available for future generations.

What are some resources that could be used to promote health and wellbeing for future generations?

Social Justice

Refers to equal rights for all regardless of sex, class and income, religion, age or sexual orientation.

All people are treated fairly

Includes

economic justice

– poverty and discrimination are targeted to improve the lives of those who may have been victims of injustice previously.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=z754lhcX6qw

Equity

Relates to fairness and social justice

Minimum levels of income and resources that all people should have access to.

All people in the community should have access to fundamental resources, and governments should implement laws and policies that ensure no person is disadvantaged in their ability to access such resources.

Test your understanding

Explain how generating an income can assist governments in promoting health and wellbeing.

Explain how a stable ecosystem may promote three dimensions of health and wellbeing.

Select 2 of any of the 9 prerequisites and explain how they interrelate with

eachother

using an example.