The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotion

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Autor(a) principal: Czeresnia, Dina
Data de Publicação: 1999
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/1199
Resumo: In this article the author presents a point of view which she considers central to understanding the difference between prevention - associated with the traditional discourse of public health - and health promotion, an idea in connection with which proposals are now being presented for rethinking and redirecting public health practices. This perspective relates to the limits of the health and disease concepts in relation to the concrete experiences of health and illness. On the one hand, practical awareness of this limit implies far-reaching changes in the way scientific knowledge is related to (and used in) the formulation and organization of health practices; on the other, health promotion projects also avail themselves of the concepts guiding the discourse of prevention. This leads to certain difficulties that appear as inconsistencies or gray areas in the operationalization of promotion projects, which do not always succeed in asserting their nature as distinct from traditional preventive practices.
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spelling The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotionPreventionHealth PromotionComplexityEpidemiologyIn this article the author presents a point of view which she considers central to understanding the difference between prevention - associated with the traditional discourse of public health - and health promotion, an idea in connection with which proposals are now being presented for rethinking and redirecting public health practices. This perspective relates to the limits of the health and disease concepts in relation to the concrete experiences of health and illness. On the one hand, practical awareness of this limit implies far-reaching changes in the way scientific knowledge is related to (and used in) the formulation and organization of health practices; on the other, health promotion projects also avail themselves of the concepts guiding the discourse of prevention. This leads to certain difficulties that appear as inconsistencies or gray areas in the operationalization of promotion projects, which do not always succeed in asserting their nature as distinct from traditional preventive practices.A autora apresenta uma perspectiva que considera fundamental para a compreensão da diferença entre prevenção - associada ao discurso tradicional da saúde pública - e promoção da saúde, uma idéia dentro da qual propostas estão sendo apresentadas para repensar e redirecionar as práticas em saúde pública. Essa perspectiva tem a ver com os limites dos conceitos da saúde e da doença em relação à experiência concreta das mesmas. Por um lado, a consciência prática desse limite implica em mudanças abrangentes na maneira pela qual o conhecimento científico se relaciona com, e é usado para, a formulação e organização das práticas sanitárias; por outro, os projetos de promoção da saúde também lançam mão dos conceitos orientadores do discurso preventivista. Isso leva a certas dificuldades que aparecem como inconsistências ou áreas nebulosas na operacionalização dos projetos de promoção, que nem sempre conseguem se diferenciar das práticas preventivas tradicionais.Reports in Public HealthCadernos de Saúde Pública1999-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlapplication/pdfhttps://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/1199Reports in Public Health; Vol. 15 No. 4 (1999): October/DecemberCadernos de Saúde Pública; v. 15 n. 4 (1999): Outubro/Dezembro1678-44640102-311Xreponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZenghttps://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/1199/2386https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/1199/2387Czeresnia, Dinainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-03-06T15:26:17Zoai:ojs.teste-cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br:article/1199Revistahttps://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csphttps://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/oaicadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2024-03-06T13:01:27.083754Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)true
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title The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotion
spellingShingle The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotion
Czeresnia, Dina
Prevention
Health Promotion
Complexity
Epidemiology
title_short The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotion
title_full The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotion
title_fullStr The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotion
title_full_unstemmed The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotion
title_sort The concept of health and the difference between prevention and promotion
author Czeresnia, Dina
author_facet Czeresnia, Dina
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Czeresnia, Dina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Prevention
Health Promotion
Complexity
Epidemiology
topic Prevention
Health Promotion
Complexity
Epidemiology
description In this article the author presents a point of view which she considers central to understanding the difference between prevention - associated with the traditional discourse of public health - and health promotion, an idea in connection with which proposals are now being presented for rethinking and redirecting public health practices. This perspective relates to the limits of the health and disease concepts in relation to the concrete experiences of health and illness. On the one hand, practical awareness of this limit implies far-reaching changes in the way scientific knowledge is related to (and used in) the formulation and organization of health practices; on the other, health promotion projects also avail themselves of the concepts guiding the discourse of prevention. This leads to certain difficulties that appear as inconsistencies or gray areas in the operationalization of promotion projects, which do not always succeed in asserting their nature as distinct from traditional preventive practices.
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