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Ilona Kickbusch1, K Srikanth Reddy2
1Global Health Programme, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland ilona.kickbusch@graduateinstitute.ch.
Abstract:
Communities are characterized by common interests, common ecology, and common social system or structure. These characteristics, qualities, and processes involved in the community affect both health behaviors and health outcomes during disease outbreaks. Hence, health promotion theorists and practitioners emphasize working 'with' rather than 'on' communities. They believe health promotion, with all its experiences in community mobilization, empowerment, and health literacy programs, should be part of disease prevention and control efforts from the very beginning. Health promotion knowledge needs to be fully integrated into infectious disease control, especially in the context of outbreaks.
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