The need to develop healthy public policy

The new public health approach is trying to involve the public and set the health agenda for the future. This enables the people to express their views on key health issues, and what relationship they feel Government should have to society and personal responsibility. There are two main objectives that the new public health is trying to achieve by involving the public. Empowering people Choosing Health identifies how people can be empowered to make healthy …

…government and through individuals. 4. Healthy public policy must ensure that advances in health-care technology help, rather than hinder, the process of achieving improvements in equity. It's strongly recommended that the World Health Organization continue the dynamic development of health promotion through the five strategies described in the Ottawa Charter. Bibliography hhh http://aussie.int/comm/health/ph_programme/programme_en.htm http://www.medscape.com/publichealthhome http://www.tcwf.org/population_health/population_health.htm