Time to Regenerate: Ecosystems and Health Promotion

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Author(s): Colin Butler, Sharon Friel

Primary Institution: Deakin University

Health promotion should reengage with environmental and ecological issues.

The study emphasizes the need for health promotion to reconnect with ecological factors to enhance global health.

Health promotion has historically focused on social determinants of health.
The Ottawa Charter emphasizes the importance of a stable ecosystem for health.
Adverse global environmental changes are increasingly recognized as threats to health.
Ecohealth is a new discipline that studies the relationship between health and ecological factors.

This study says that taking care of our environment is really important for keeping people healthy, and we need to work together to make that happen.

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