Health Promotion for Pacific community workers and community health workers

“Health promotion strategies and programmes should be adapted to the local needs and possibilities of individual countries and regions to take into account differing social, cultural and economic systems.” –World Health Organization, Ottawa Charter, 1986

This workshop will explore how Pacific values and practices in maintaining health and wellbeing can work with the health promotion approach advocated in the Ottawa Charter. The aim is to enable Pacific community health workers and community workers to understand both approaches and apply them in their endeavour to enhance the health and wellbeing of their people.

Presenters
Sione Tu’itahi

Sione is Deputy Executive Director and Workforce Development & Communications Manager, Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand. The first Pacific Manager of the Auckland Regional Public Health Service, Sione has also led community development initiatives and research on Pacific health issues. As an educator and policy and strategic planner, he led the development of Pacific strategic plans and capacity building at Massey University over the last ten years.

Dr. Ieti Lima

Ieti is Senior Health Promotion Strategist – Pacific at the Health Promotion Forum. He is also a Senior Researcher on the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs-led multi-government agency research project “Mobilising Pacific Communities Wealth.”

Workshop Objectives

• To increase your understanding of some of the Pacific values and practices of maintaining health and wellbeing
• To discuss how to adapt the Ottawa Charter into health promotion work with Pacific communities

Learning Outcomes

As a result of participating in this workshop, you will be able to demonstrate

• understanding of the Ottawa Charter, and Pacific ways of health promotion
• understanding of ways to adapt the Ottawa Charter to health promotion work with Pacific communities

General Information

Tea and Coffee will be available upon arrival and a light lunch with be offered at 1pm. Please let us know if you have any special dietary or other needs.
This meeting is organised by the Health Promotion Forum as part of a contract with the Ministry of Health to provide seminars, workshops and other services on health promotion.