Health Promotion

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health promotion as ‘the process of enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health’.

• Principles of health promotion
• Health promotion contacts
• Marae accessibility toolkit
  

Principles of health promotion:

Health Promotion is the process of enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the factors that influence their health and quality of life. An important characteristic of health promotion is its focus on groups of people, either the whole population or specific subgroups. It places emphasis on changing environments to enable behaviour to change. Health promotion draws upon principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, social justice, equity, community and development. Our team of health promoters are involved in planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion projects through five priority action areas including: building healthy public policy creating supportive environments for health strengthening community action for health developing personal skills, and re-orienting health services The northern health promotion team work from Hamilton, Thames, Huntly and Waihi bases. The southern health promotion team work from Te Kuiti, Tokoroa and Taumarunui bases.

The Health Protection Unit includes a team of health promoters based in Thames, Waihi, Huntly, Hamilton, Te Kuiti, Taumarunui and Tokoroa, who promote healthy living in different Waikato communities.

Contact details for each base are as follows:

Taumarunui Taumarunui Hospital Kururau Road Private Bag 1002 Phone (07) 895 7931 Fax (07) 896 0037	Tokoroa Tokoroa Hospital Maraetai Road Tokoroa Phone (07) 886 7239 Fax (07) 886 5235	Te Kuiti Te Kuiti Hospital Ailsa Street PO Box 2, Te Kuiti Phone (07) 878 6704 Fax (07) 878 6398	Huntly 37 Williams Street PO Box 77, Huntly Phone (07) 828 6532 Fax (07) 828 6482
Thames Thames Hospital Mary Street PO Box 707, Thames Phone (07) 868 6550 Fax (07) 868 6598	Hamilton Hugh Monckton Trust Building Rostrevor Street PO Box 505, Hamilton Phone (07) 838 2569 Fax (07) 838 2382	Waihi Blue Lizard 25 Haszard Stree PO Box 81, Waihi Phone (07) 863 6721 Fax (07) 863 6071

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