Health advocacy - a strategy to health promotion

Authors

  • Regina Célia Canel Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Prática de Saúde Pública
  • Cláudio Gastão Junqueira de Castro Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Prática de Saúde Pública

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v9i1p74-85

Keywords:

Health Advocacy, Health Promotion, Public Politics

Abstract

The concept of Health Promotion has been developed approximately thirty years ago and it is already well constructed. Currently, it is very important to develop strategies for its implementation. This article is a reflection on the practice of the Health Advocacy as a strategy for the implementation of the principles and guidelines of the Health Promotion. This works starts questioning how to conciliate conceptual and methodological aspects of the Health Promotion, considering our reality. The main conclusion points to a proposal to develop a "Health Promotion Advocacy.

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Published

06/01/2008

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Argument

License

The Revista de Direito Sanitário/ Journal of Health Law adopts the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internacional. This license allows to share - "copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially" and adapt - "remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially." Details at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en

How to Cite

Canel, R. C., & Castro, C. G. J. de. (2008). Health advocacy - a strategy to health promotion . Journal of Health Law, 9(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v9i1p74-85