Settings Approach to Health Promotion

Question 1

What spurred on the settings approach movement?

Answer 1

Launched by WHO in 1987 as a small European project, Healthy Cities rapidly grew to become a global movement.

Question 2

Health promotion can occur in a range of settings including…

Answer 2

1. Places: Cities, towns, villages, neighbourhoods, islands
2. Organisations: Schools, worksites, hospitals, daycares, universities
3. Sectors: Health services and regions, transport, environment.

Question 3

What are the 5 types of settings-based approaches?

Answer 3

1. Passive
2. Active
3. Vehicle
4. Organic
5. Comprehensive/Structural

Question 4

Passive

Answer 4

Problem and solution rest within the behaviour of individuals, e.g. anti-smoking campaigns

Question 5

Active

Answer 5

Setting is viewed as a facilitator of individual health, e.g. addressing food offered in canteens to change dietary habits of individuals.

Question 6

Vehicle

Answer 6

Generate changes in the setting through individual oriented health programmes, e.g. when an individual is aware of the positive effects of nutrition, there is a more receptive atmosphere toward wider changes in settings to match.

Question 7

Organic

Answer 7

Pursue the health of individuals and communities though the development of the setting

Question 8

Comprehensive/Structural

Answer 8

The ideal model for health promotion as effecting direct and big changes in the structure and culture of the setting influences health. Individuals are powerless.

Question 9

What are the three models in the Sociological Approach?

Answer 9

1. Functionalism
2. Conflict Theory
3. Symbolic interactionism

Question 10

Which model of the sociological approach states that everyone/thing serves a purpose?

Answer 10

Functionalism

Question 11

Functionalism

Answer 11

There is a relationship between parts of the society and everyone/thing serves a purpose.

Question 12

Which model of the sociological approach states that health and illness are social constructs?

Answer 12

Symbolic interactionism

Question 13

Symbolic interactionism

Answer 13

Use of symbols and health and illness are social constructs

Question 14

Which model of the sociological approach states that the elite are in control, and social inequity characterises the quality of health?

Answer 14

Conflict theory

Question 15

Conflict theory

Answer 15

The elite are in control, and social inequity characterises the quality of health.