Albert Lee
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Title: Health improvement for children and adolescents: Putting practice of Healthy Setting into evidence for translation into policies
Biography
Biography: Albert Lee
Abstract
Brief outline of presentation
Shattuck lecture by Freiden discussed the future of public health pyramid (Frieden, 2015) addressing the complexity of public health problems resulting from social, economic, political, biological, genetic and environmental causes. Intersectoral collaboration, community participation, innovation, and setting approach are important instruments to initiate and promote changes. The “Healthy Setting” approach attempts to make changes for better health in the context of their living environment where they live, work, study and seek initial help for health issues. It can provide a framework in which policy, environment, social matters, behavioural and biomedical interventions can take their rightful place side by side. The review by Sir Michael Marmot of health inequalities in England identified the importance of linking knowledge to action to ensure all children, young people and adults maximising their capabilities and having control over their lives; and creating and developing healthy and sustainable places and communities as well as strengthen the impact of ill-health prevention (Marmot, 2012). “Healthy setting” would facilitate policies development along this direction in promoting health in settings such as Health Promoting School and Healthy Cities. Indicators are needed to establish evidence-based health promotion for children and adolescents and their families in school and community setting (Lee et al, 2019; Lee and Nakamura, 2021). This can facilitate building the concept of “Health Setting” into day to day operation of the respective setting so “Health in All” policies can be implemented effectively. This can also help to achieve the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (UN, 2015).