Health For All

Term Paper # 99916

Medical and Health > Nursing
Sociology > Welfare

Health For All

This paper examines the feasibility of and challenges facing global health for all.

1,559 words () | 8 sources | APA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper explores the concept of health, the determinants of health and the various socio-economic, environmental, cultural and geopolitical factors which impact global health. The paper maintains that global health for all is possible if the issues and challenges of inequality and social injustice are eradicated. The paper discusses the implications for nursing and concludes that the nursing perspective today must be global and holistic in order to address the multidimensional determinants of health.

Outline:
Introduction
Health and Global Health for All
Challenges to Global Health for All
The Positive View of Health for All
Implications of Health for All for Nursing
Recommendations
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion defined health as "those processes that enable people to increase control over and to improve their health" (Hilfinger Messias, 2001, p. 9). The Ottawa Charter contained five action areas which are highly relevant to the achievement of global health for all: "develop healthy public policy; create supportive environments for health; strengthen community action; develop personal skills; and reorient health services" (Wilson, 2005, p. 324). Global health for all also means eradication of poverty and inequalities; sustainable economic development in stable ecosystems; reproductive rights and empowerment for women; and accessible, culturally sensitive health care (Hilfinger Messias, 2001, p. p. 9)."

Sample of Sources Used:

Austin, W. (2001). Nursing ethics in an era of globalization. Advances in Nursing Science, 24 (2), 1-18.
Carpenter, M. (2000). Health for some: Global health and social development since Alma-Ata. Community Development Journal, 35 (4), 336-352.
Dickenson-Hazard, N. (2004). Global health issues and challenges. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 36, 6-10.
Hilfinger Messias, D. (2001). Globalization, nursing, and health for all. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 33 (1), 9-11.
Marks, R. (2005). Health for all: An attainable goal or idealistic dream? Health Education, 105 (1), 5-11.