The 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education: Canada 2007

Health promotion has evolved in response to the need to take action on the broad determinants of health. In 1986, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion established the fundamental guiding principles and values of health promotion and described five strategic action areas to address these determinants. Now, twenty-one years later, it is timely to revisit the relevance of these action areas in response to global changes. The 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Education will provide an excellent opportunity to commemorate and revisit the Ottawa Charter. The conference will challenge the health promotion community to reaffirm the commitment to bringing the vision of the Charter to fruition.

The overall mission of the conference is to review and critically reassess health promotion's progress since the Ottawa Charter and to help set the course for navigating through the new challenges facing health promotion in an increasingly globalized world.

By linking policy, practice and research, the conference will enhance partnerships and intersectoral collaborations for health promotion. The conference will truly be an international venture that will take into account the needs and concerns of health promotion at a global level and encourage members to come from all corners of the world to celebrate the renewal of the Ottawa Charter.

The overarching themes of the conference are:

  • Reducing Health Inequities
  • Assets for Health and Development
  • Enabling System Transformations
  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Promotion

The 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Health Promotion Comes of Age: Research, Policy & Practice for the 21st Century will be held in Vancouver, BC, June 10-15, 2007. It is produced by the CCHPR as the host of the IUHPE.

The conference office for the 19th World Conference is housed within the Centre for Community Health Promotion Research at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada.

Conference link: www.iuhpeconference.org