Health Promotion and Sustainable Development

Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH PROMOTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Discussion............................................................................................................................3
Sustainable development goals and Health Promotion...................................................3
Benefits............................................................................................................................3
Health literacy and Health Empowerment...................................................................3
Inclusive Governance and Decision-making...............................................................4
Healthy Public Policies and Environments..................................................................5
Cross-Disciplinary Approaches and Health Promotion Infrastructure........................5
Challenges........................................................................................................................6
Lack of Decentralization of ‘Healthy Settings’...........................................................6
Lack of Health Promotion in Underprivileged Groups...............................................6
Policy Shortcomings....................................................................................................7
Inadequate capabilities and Infrastructure...................................................................7
Opportunities...................................................................................................................8
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................9
Reflection...........................................................................................................................10
References..........................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The conductance of the United Nations General Assembly in the year 2015, witnessed the
creation of ‘Sustainable Development Goals’, which aimed to establish principles for the
enhancement of the health of the global population along with the initiation of developmental
achievements at an international level within the year 2030 (Lu et al., 2015). Further, the
National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China, along with
the World Health Organization, organized the 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion on 21st
November 2016. Here, the global governmental leaders, health professionals and United Nations
members, settled to an agreement to work cooperatively for the achievement of sustainable
development through the removal of global poverty and effective promotion of health (Fortune et
al., 2018).
The following critical commentary aims to critically view the involvement of efficient
health promotion tactics for the achievement of optimum sustainable development on a
worldwide platform. The following paragraphs aim to shed light on the important role of health
promotion in achievement of sustainable development along with the challenges required to
overcome for future fulfillment and sustenance. The commentary ends on the available
opportunities which will aid in the mitigation of these hurdles along with a reflective on current
knowledge required as a health promotion practitioner for the contribution of sustainable
development through effective national community efforts.
Hence, this critical commentary chooses to argue that usage of optimum health
promotion strategies play a key role in global sustainable development.