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Holistic and sustainable health improvement: the contribution of the settings-based approach to health promotion

Healthy Settings Development Unit, School of Public Health and Clinical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE, mtdooris{at}uclan.ac.uk

Highlighting the need for holistic and sustainable health improvement, this paper starts by reviewing the origins, history and conceptualization of the settings approach to health promotion. It then takes stock of current practice both internationally and nationally, noting its continuing importance worldwide and its inconsistent profile and utilization across the four UK countries. It goes on to explore the applicability and future development of settings-based health promotion in relation to three key issues: inequalities and inclusion; place-shaping and systems-based responses to complex problems. Concluding that the settings approach remains highly relevant to 21st century public health, the paper calls on the new âœRoyalâ� to provide much-needed leadership, thereby placing settings-based health promotion firmly on the national agenda across the whole of the UK.

Key Words: ecology • health promotion • holistic • place • settings • sustainable • systems

Perspectives in Public Health, Vol. 129, No. 1, 29-36 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1757913908098881


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