Health Promotion Practice expands focus on global health promotion.

摘要

Global health promotion is considered an essential approach to address pandemic diseases and their underlying or exacerbating conditions, as well as to promote optimal health. The importance of global health promotion has received considerable discussion over the past several years (Pan American Health Organization, 2011; Szlezak et al., 2010; World Health Organization, 1986) for several reasons. First, there continues to be an overwhelming burden of infectious diseases; particularly in developing countries (Morse, 2007). Second, in the past half century, there have been dramatic increases in life expectancy in many countries (Garrett, 2003; Robinson, Novelli, Pearson, & Norris, 2007). As a result of gains in life expectancy, more people globally are living longer and experiencing chronic diseases (Waxman, 2003).