Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health.
VISION
To engage Communities of Balclutha, Lawrence, Milton, Owaka, Roxburgh and Tapanui in health promotion initiatives that will have a positive impact upon their health and wellbeing.
PRINCIPLES
- Address socioeconomic, cultural, environmental factors, which influence health, in addition to the other health factors like genetics, individual lifestyles and provision of health care
- Base activities on the best available data and evidence
- Act to reduce inequalities in health
- Ensure active community participation
- Empower individuals
- Explicitly consider difference in gender and culture
- Facilitate intersectoral co-operation