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Ottawa to Bangkok: changing health promotion discourse

Author(s) -

Christine Porter

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

health promotion international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.705

H-Index - 84

eISSN - 1460-2245

pISSN - 0957-4824

DOI - 10.1093/heapro/dal037

Subject(s) - charter , mainstream , health promotion , public health , globalization , discourse analysis , political science , sociology , civil discourse , promotion (chess) , social determinants of health , gender studies , economic growth , politics , law , health care , medicine , nursing , economics , linguistics , philosophy

The discourse of the 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World represents a radical departure from that of the Ottawa Charter that, in 1986, staked a place for the health promotion field in mainstream public health. Via a critical analysis of the discourse in these two Charters, this paper illustrates a shift from a 'new social movements' discourse of ecosocial justice in Ottawa to a 'new capitalist' discourse of law and economics in Bangkok. The Bangkok Charter's content may identify 'actions, commitments and pledges required to address the determinants of health in a globalized world through health promotion', but this paper shows how its discourse works to naturalize and perpetuate many of detrimental determinants associated with 'globalization'.

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