The Healthy Settings Approach in Hong Kong: Sustainable Development for Population Health

by Albert Lee

Overview

This book explains the “healthy settings approach” as a means to define population and health standards in daily living activities. The author uses real life experiences from different countries, with a focus on Hong Kong.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789629374150
Publisher:	City University of Hong Kong Press
Publication date:	09/30/2021
Series:	Healthy Settings Series
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Albert Lee: Clinical Professor in the Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care at the Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, Jockey Club School of Public Health.

Table of Contents

List of Tables ix

List of Information Boxes xi

List of Figures xiii

Abbreviations xv

Series Foreword xix

Forewords

Helia Molina Milan xxiii

Andrew Kiyu xxv

Donald K.T. Li xxvii

Keiko Nakamura xxix

Preface xxxi

Preamble Why We Need a Healthy Settings Approach 1

Chapter 1 The Settings Approach for Health Promotion: How Does It Work? Albert Lee 7

Chapter 2 The Healthy City Concept and Evaluation Framework Albert Lee 23

Chapter 3 SPIRIT Framework and City Health Profile: Concepts and Case Studies Albert Lee 43

Chapter 4 Using a City's Health Profile to Conduct a Post-modern Analysis of Health and Urbanisation: A Tale of Two Hong Kong Districts in Different Phases of Urban Development Amelia Lo Albert Lee 65

Chapter 5 Health-promoting Schools: Key Elements and the Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation Albert Lee Vera Keung Amelia Lo Amy Kwong 81

Chapter 6 The Significance of Student Health and Health-promoting School Effectiveness in Hong Kong Albert Lee Amelia Lo Vera Keung Amy Kwong Ceci Chan Hedy Tse Calvin Cheung Queenie Li 99

Chapter 7 Health-promoting Workplaces: Concept, Evaluation, and Monitoring Albert Lee 119

Chapter 8 Health-promoting Healthcare Organisations: Hong Kong Case Studies Albert Lee Yick-hay Chow 131

Chapter 9 How Can the Healthy Settings Approach Prevent Childhood Obesity? Views of Parents in Hong Kong and Scotland Albert Lee Christine Campbell Tony Yung David Weller 147

Chapter 10 The Right to Health Promotion: Revisiting the Healthy Settings Approach Albert Lee 163

Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks and the Close of City-super's Story 179

References 183

Acknowledgements 223

About the Series Editors and Contributors 225

Index 233