Exploring the co‐benefits of environmental volunteering for human and planetary health promotion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Patrick ◽  
Claire Henderson‐Wilson ◽  
Matthew Ebden
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Planetary Health ◽  
Environmental Volunteering

scholarly journals Waiora: the importance of Indigenous worldviews and spirituality to inspire and inform Planetary Health Promotion in the Anthropocene

2021 ◽  
pp. 175797592110622
Author(s):  
Sione Tu’itahi ◽  
Huti Watson ◽  
Richard Egan ◽  
Margot W. Parkes ◽  
Trevor Hancock
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
International Union ◽  
Planetary Health ◽  
Indigenous Worldviews ◽  
Health Promotion And Education ◽  
Ecological Changes ◽  
Geological Age ◽  
The Social

We now live in a new geological age, the Anthropocene – the age of humans – the start of which coincides with the founding of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) 70 years ago. In this article, we address the fundamental challenge facing health promotion in its next 70 years, which takes us almost to 2100: how do we achieve planetary health? We begin with a brief overview of the massive and rapid global ecological changes we face, the social, economic and technological driving forces behind those changes, and their health implications. At the heart of these driving forces lie a set of core values that are incompatible with planetary health. Central to our argument is the need for a new set of values, which heed and privilege the wisdom of Indigenous worldviews, as well as a renewed sense of spirituality that can re-establish a reverence for nature. We propose an Indigenous-informed framing to inspire and inform what we call planetary health promotion so that, as the United Nations Secretary General wrote recently, we can make peace with nature.

scholarly journals Influence of the Socio-Cultural Environment and External Factors in Following Plant-Based Diets

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9093
Author(s):  
Ujué Fresán ◽  
Sofie Errendal ◽  
Winston J. Craig
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Planetary Health ◽  
Different Populations

A general transition to plant-based diets is recommended for improved human and planetary health. The information about why people opt for plant-based diets can be used to profile future health promotion initiatives. We studied the reasons that encouraged the adoption and maintenance of plant-based diets and the influence of the socio-cultural environment and other external factors. Through the use of a specifically designed questionnaire, we evaluated two different populations. Interpreting data from 229 participants, we observed the relevance of adapting strategies to motivate people to embrace plant-based diets according to their socio-cultural environment. External factors facilitating access to plant-based products appeared to be essential in both populations.

Planetary health indicators for the local level: opportunities and challenges in applying the happy planet index in Victoria, Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 175797592110383
Author(s):  
Rebecca Patrick ◽  
Claire Henderson-Wilson ◽  
Justin Lawson ◽  
Teresa Capetola ◽  
Amy Shaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Planetary Health ◽  
Local Composite Index

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda and Paris Agreement on Climate Change are blueprints for health promotion action that mandate human health is linked inextricably to the health of the environment. In the Anthropocene, new indicators are required to promote community engagement with, and measurement of, healthy and sustainable wellbeing for people and planet. This study explored the need for a metric such as the Happy Planet Index that explicitly links human health to health of the environment for a local level scale in Australia. The project arose from an international coalition of health promoters advocating for ‘planetary health’ approaches. Qualitative description methods guided the study design involving key informant interviews ( n = 17) and four focus groups ( n = 27 participants) with health and/or sustainability academics, practitioners and policy-makers. Document analysis of health and environment indices and policy mandates augmented the analysis. Qualitative content analysis techniques were used to analyse the findings. There was strong interest for a local level composite indicator, such as a rescaled Happy Planet Index (life expectancy × life satisfaction × equity adjustment/ecological footprint) for use at a local level. The value of a composite index was: its ability to promote community engagement with planetary health thinking; an advocacy tool for joint health and sustainability policy; to justify programs on health and environmental co-benefits; and to provide a mechanism for correlative comparisons between local governments and national comparisons. However, disciplinary silos currently limit partnerships for health promotion and planetary health and a local composite index could help bridge these divides.

Timely and significant call for planetary health promotion

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 100-101
Author(s):  
Sione Tu’itahi ◽  
Melissa Stoneham ◽  
Mihi Ratima ◽  
Trevor Simpson ◽  
Louise Signal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Conference Report ◽  
Planetary Health ◽  
Everyday Work

The 2019 IUHPE Global Health Promotion Conference held in Rotorua New Zealand, provided an unparalleled opportunity to demonstrate the contribution of health promotion to the achievement of planetary health and sustainable development. This brief conference report outlines the intent of the two conference statements and calls for action by health promoters at all levels to integrate these principles into their everyday work.

Multidisciplinarity in health promotion and the era of planetary health

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-378
Author(s):  
Thierry Gagné ◽  
Josée Lapalme
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Planetary Health

Health psychology and health promotion

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Faltermaier
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Basic And Applied Research

Abstract. The Flensburg health psychology group takes a salutogenic perspective and aims at developing innovative health promotion approaches. It stands in the interdisciplinary context of health and educational sciences. Our focus in research is on both, stress processes and lay representations of health and illness in the context of salutogenic theories of health. Basic and applied research activities aim at developing subject-oriented approaches of prevention and health promotion that are designed to promote health resources and competencies in selected settings and target groups. Current research is concentrated on socially disadvantaged groups, on occupational groups and on men to develop tailored health promotion approaches that reach groups in need and which show sustainable effects.

Ohio Public Health/ and Health Promotion Library

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion
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