XVII SDE Seminar Series towards Rio+20
Sustainable Development and Environmental Health – SDE - PAHO/WHO
Health Promotion, Social Determinants, and Sustainable Development:
Reflections towards Rio +20
Wednesday May 30, 2012 - In English with simultaneous translation to Spanish
Time: 12:00 am - 1:30 pm - EDT (Washington, DC USA) To check your time zone, see the World Clock
Website PAHO/WHO Rio+20 at: http://bit.ly/oxoRdS
“………The process of participation and community empowerment. Health Promotion, starting with the analysis of social determinants, plays a key role in fulfilling the agreements reached at the Global Conference on Sustainable Development. Healthy settings determine the formation of healthy habits and environmental stewardship, not only at the individual level but also collectively. Furthermore, the development of public policies that transcend governmental administrations is key to the sustainability of decisions aimed at strengthening national public health actions.
The Rio +20 Conference provides an opportunity to assess the relationship between health and sustainable development. Supported by a more holistic perception of health in all sectors, this seminar will introduce discussion on the role of promoting social determinants-based health care within the framework of sustainable development.
The proposal is to explore the intersection between the Rio +20 Conference and the Eighth Global Conference on Health Promotion, for the purpose of securing political commitment to sustainable development that gives individuals and communities greater influence over decisions that affect their lives and environment in order to improve their health.
For this reason, we have invited Professor Pekka Puska, considered the Father of Health Promotion, and currently Director General of the National Institute of Health and Welfare of Finland (THL) and Chairman of the Scientific Committee in charge of preparing the World Conference on Health Promotion in Helsinki, set for June 2013, to share with us the core themes of the Global Conference and the concept of Health in [for?] All policies.
We have also invited Professor Dr. Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Global Health Program, Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development (IHEID), Chairman of Global Health Europe, and a member of the scientific committee of the Global Conference on Health Promotion. For many years, Dr. Kickbusch has worked on health promotion from the social determinants perspective and will reflect on the relationship between health promotion, social determinants, and sustainable development…..” Sofialeticia Morales, SDE
Agenda
12:00 Introduction:
Sofialeticia Morales, Moderator
Senior Adviser and Team Coordinator for Health Promotion and Social Determinants of Health PAHO / WHO
12:05 Sustainable Development and Health Promotion
- Towards the Eighth World Conference on Health Promotion in Helsinki
Professor Peka Puska, Director General, National Institute of Health and Welfare of Finland (THL), and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the VIII World Conference on Health Promotion. He was Director General of Public Health (KTL) and Director for the Prevention of Communicable Diseases of WHO.
12:20 Health Promotion, Social Determinants, and Sustainable Development
Professor Ilona Kickbusch Director of Global Health Program, Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development (IHEID) and Chairman, Global Health Europe is also a member of the Scientific Committee on the Preparation of the Eighth Global Conference on Health Promotion
12:40 Comments from the Moderator
12:45 Debate: Questions and Comments from participants
13:00 Closing Comments
How to participate
In person:
PAHO/WHO
525 23rd ST NW
Washington DC, 20037 Room B – 12h to 13:30h Eastern Time (WDC)
Online: via Elluminate link:
- Spanish room: www.paho.org/virtual/SeminariosSDE
- English room www.paho.org/virtual/SDESeminars
Related material:
Global Atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control
Joint Publication of the World Health Organization the World Heart Federation Organization
editors: Shanthi Mendis, Pekka Puska and Bo Norrving
Available online PDF [164p] at: http://bit.ly/mUce0M
Healthy Societies: Addressing 21st Century Health Challenges
Ilona Kickbusch
Available online PDF [62p.] http://bit.ly/MNrdRo
Suggested readings:
WHO – Social Determinants of Health - website: http://bit.ly/mOELYR
VIII Global Health Promotion Conference – Helsinki (June 2013) website: http://bit.ly/LnHJCv
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986): http://bit.ly/LnHMyj
Adelaide Declaration – Health in All Policies (2010): http://bit.ly/9oJoXb
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