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Social Ecological Strategies for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

Social Ecological Strategies for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles T H £ Critical Issues and Trends Social Ecological Strategies for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Lester Breslow OVERVIEW ity. z’~ One line of thought consequent to that recognition has been that, because these behaviors are matters of In this discussion of social ecological strategies for volition, anyone can avoid the "bad habits" that induce poor promoting healthy lifestyles as an element of social ecologi- health. In effect, therefore the "victims" are to be "blamed." cal perspectives on health promotion, it may be useful to That is, of course, a very narrow perspective on the situation start by differentiating my view of health promotion from and not a very helpful one. another that is often expressed. In fact, lifestyle consists of ways of living, the patterns of That start seems necessary because of the common behavior, in the circumstances of one’s life. Increasingly in tendency to use the term health promotion to mean only industrialized society we create for ourselves, individually changing peoples’ behavior to enhance health. A broader and collectively, both the circumstances of life and our ways and more appropriate concept comes from the Ottawa of living in those circumstances. M~d we are beginning to Charter definition of health http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Health Promotion SAGE

Social Ecological Strategies for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

Breslow, Lester
American Journal of Health Promotion , Volume 10 (4): 5 – Mar 1, 1996
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SAGE
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© 1996 SAGE Publications
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0890-1171
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2168-6602
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10.4278/0890-1171-10.4.253
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10159705
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T H £ Critical Issues and Trends Social Ecological Strategies for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Lester Breslow OVERVIEW ity. z’~ One line of thought consequent to that recognition has been that, because these behaviors are matters of In this discussion of social ecological strategies for volition, anyone can avoid the "bad habits" that induce poor promoting healthy lifestyles as an element of social ecologi- health. In effect, therefore the "victims" are to be "blamed." cal perspectives on health promotion, it may be useful to That is, of course, a very narrow perspective on the situation start by differentiating my view of health promotion from and not a very helpful one. another that is often expressed. In fact, lifestyle consists of ways of living, the patterns of That start seems necessary because of the common behavior, in the circumstances of one’s life. Increasingly in tendency to use the term health promotion to mean only industrialized society we create for ourselves, individually changing peoples’ behavior to enhance health. A broader and collectively, both the circumstances of life and our ways and more appropriate concept comes from the Ottawa of living in those circumstances. M~d we are beginning to Charter definition of health

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Published: Mar 1, 1996

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