Health Promotion
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health.
World Health Organisation
Health promotion means:
- Building healthy public policy
- Creating supportive environments
- Strengthening community action
- Developing personal skills
- Re-orienting health services
(from the Ottowa Charter action strategies)
Health Promotion is undertaken in the context of the principles of partnership, participation and active protection to achieve optimum health.
(Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand)
Health is a holistic concept where a balance of factors affect wellbeing: Te taha wairua (spiritual), te taha hinengaro (mental), te taha tinana (physical), te taha whanau (family), te au turoa (environment), te reo rangitira (language).
The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Ottowa Charter for Health Promotion are brought together in the Treaty Understanding of Hauora in Aotearoa-New Zealand (TUHA-NZ) to develop a model for health promotion in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
The Health Promotion team at the Public Health Unit is passionate about improving the health and well being of Wairarapa people. This can only be done by working with a wide range of agencies and community organisations—we know that together, we make a difference.
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