What is Population Health Promotion

Activity 4: What is Population Health Promotion?
Consult the course texts, the following websites and the Butterfield article in completing the following activities in relation to population health promotion. You may wish to write your ideas in your course notes.
Public Health Agency of Canada located at http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/
Hamilton and Bhatti (1996) Population Health Promotion Model located http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca (use web site search tool to find article).
Community Health Nurses Association of Canada located at http://www.chnc.ca
Butterfield (2002) Upstream reflections on environmental health: An abbreviated history and framework for action
1. Explain in your on words what is meant by ‘upstream thinking’ versus ‘downstream thinking’.
2. A mother arrives at the community health clinic where you work as a registered nurse to have her child immunized. As she enters your clinic room she mentions that she noticed a display on the wall referring to population health promotion and questions you as to what that means. How would you respond? Consider posting your response to the Unit 2 Conference for discussion with fellow students.
3. Compare the Hamilton and Bhatti (1996) Population Health Promotion Model to the Community Health Nurses Association of Canada (2003) Community Health Nursing Practice Model. What would you state is the most significant difference between the two? Consider posting your answer to the Unit 2 Conference for discussion.