The role of policy in health promotion -- Fiji.
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چکیده
Our health is impacted by many sectors. The improvement of population health and productivity requires a broad understanding of human ecology and the social determinants of our health. Influencing change across many sectors requires a level of expertise that is currently missing from Pacific health systems -- policy advocacy. National health promotion councils or coordinating bodies need to work across and within many sectors -- not only the health sector -- to bring about wide-ranging changes to our civil and social arrangements.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pacific health dialog
دوره 14 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007