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Critical Social Theory
Expose social inequalities
Challenging structural constraints and social policies and the status quo
Use this theory to understand root causes and expose them
Goals of Critical Theory
1.Analyze the social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental ways individuals and
groups are harmed by social institutions and political processes
2.Act on these health damaging effects at a community level to facilitate structural change
History of Health Promotion
1974 Lalonde Report- social determinants of health
1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion- Emphasis on achieving equity in health
Components of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotions
Emphasis on achieving equity in health
social determinants of health
Strongest predictor of health with Income being the most influential determinant
,3 approaches to health promotion
1) Medical- Biomedical (taking meds for example)
2) Behavioral (quitting smoking for example)
3) Social-environmental (cooking class for example)
Social Ecological Model
Strategies for health promotion are most successful when they target all the levels of influence
Social Ecological Model
Shows the different levels of influence
For example gun violence.
Individual- Identities biological and personal history factors
Relationship- examines the relationships, close peers etc
Community- explores the settings, schools, workplaces neighborhoods
Societal- social factors that help create the arena for the violence to happen
Population Health Promotion Model
A cube shape image, which explains the relationship between population health and health
promotion. This model identifies how population health approach can be implemented through
action on the full range of health determinants by means of health promotion strategies
Asks 3 questions: On WHAT should we take action?" (What determines health) "HOW should
we take action?" (Ottawa Charter) , and "WITH WHOM should we act?" (What level, society,
community, individual)
Critical Social Theory
, Critical theories, broad field
- looks to expose oppression, liberate ppl from conscious and unconscious constraints
- challenges structural constraints and social policies
- seeks to understand a situation and to alter conditions, thus leading to emancipation, equality
and freedom
— examples- work against poverty and illiteracy, lesbian and gay studies, safe injecting sites
HCPs and Critical Social Theory
- requires focus on power relations and oppression
- explores injustice in community and responds
- shifts from individual as pt to community
- acts as a resource to communities and policy makers
- nurse as a global citizen
Goals of Critical Social Theory
1. Analyze the social, economic, political and environmental was ppl and groups are harmed by
social institutions and political processes
2. Act on these health damaging effects at a community level to facilitate structural change
- examines social justice, equity and social changes through theories, research and evidence-
Informed practice
Community Health Nursing- Foundations of Practice
Critical Social Theory
Expose social inequalities
Challenging structural constraints and social policies and the status quo
Use this theory to understand root causes and expose them
Goals of Critical Theory
1.Analyze the social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental ways individuals and
groups are harmed by social institutions and political processes
2.Act on these health damaging effects at a community level to facilitate structural change
History of Health Promotion
1974 Lalonde Report- social determinants of health
1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion- Emphasis on achieving equity in health
Components of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotions
Emphasis on achieving equity in health
social determinants of health
Strongest predictor of health with Income being the most influential determinant
,3 approaches to health promotion
1) Medical- Biomedical (taking meds for example)
2) Behavioral (quitting smoking for example)
3) Social-environmental (cooking class for example)
Social Ecological Model
Strategies for health promotion are most successful when they target all the levels of influence
Social Ecological Model
Shows the different levels of influence
For example gun violence.
Individual- Identities biological and personal history factors
Relationship- examines the relationships, close peers etc
Community- explores the settings, schools, workplaces neighborhoods
Societal- social factors that help create the arena for the violence to happen
Population Health Promotion Model
A cube shape image, which explains the relationship between population health and health
promotion. This model identifies how population health approach can be implemented through
action on the full range of health determinants by means of health promotion strategies
Asks 3 questions: On WHAT should we take action?" (What determines health) "HOW should
we take action?" (Ottawa Charter) , and "WITH WHOM should we act?" (What level, society,
community, individual)
Critical Social Theory
, Critical theories, broad field
- looks to expose oppression, liberate ppl from conscious and unconscious constraints
- challenges structural constraints and social policies
- seeks to understand a situation and to alter conditions, thus leading to emancipation, equality
and freedom
— examples- work against poverty and illiteracy, lesbian and gay studies, safe injecting sites
HCPs and Critical Social Theory
- requires focus on power relations and oppression
- explores injustice in community and responds
- shifts from individual as pt to community
- acts as a resource to communities and policy makers
- nurse as a global citizen
Goals of Critical Social Theory
1. Analyze the social, economic, political and environmental was ppl and groups are harmed by
social institutions and political processes
2. Act on these health damaging effects at a community level to facilitate structural change
- examines social justice, equity and social changes through theories, research and evidence-
Informed practice
Community Health Nursing- Foundations of Practice
