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Eun Woo Nam, Toshihiko Hasegawa, John Kenneth Davies and Nayu Ikeda
Health promotion policies in the Republic of Korea and Japan: a comparative study Abstract: Health promotion strategies have been developed and implemented in some Asian countries, particularly in the Republic of Korea (Korea) and Japan. It would help to understand features of health promotion in each country to compare health promotion strategies between them. In this study, using categories developed by HPSource.net, we conducted a comparative analysis of health promotion strategies between Korea and Japan to understand features of health promotion in each country and contribute to the improvement of population health. One of the goals of Health Plan 2010 is to assess its achievements with
numerical targets, which is also the case in Japan. One of the important discussion points involves a decision on the optimal number of targets for evaluation. There is a major difference in the funding of health promotion activities between Korea and Japan. They are financed through the general account in Japan, while in Korea a foundation for health promotion has been established and the income from tobacco tax is ringfenced for this fund. The database and methodology of HPSource needs adaptation for global use. We encountered some disadvantages in
Background and purpose of study This manuscript was submitted on December 21, 2004. It received blind peer review and was accepted for publication on September 29, 2005. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Jackie Green received through the peer plus system, as part of the Health Promotion Journals’ Equity Project (HPJEP).
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Over the last few decades industrialised nations have placed renewed emphasis upon strategies to maintain and promote health and prevent illness in line with the philosophy of New Public Health (NPH) (Ashton and Seymour, 1998; Goraya and Scambler, 1998). The World Health Organization (WHO) has been proactive in stimulating health promotion
using its current framework for comparing and analysing information on health promotion in Korea and Japan. It has been recognised that HP-Source could influence the development and implementation of health promotion strategies in other parts of the world. Health promotion tools can help decision makers, planners and researchers to formulate and enhance comprehensive plans. In this study we learned many lessons in expanding policy tools outside of one region to aid the global development of effective health promotion policy and practice.
and encouraging its member states to embrace NPH since the declaration of ‘Health for All by the Year 2000’ at the Alma-Ata Conference on primary health care in 1978 (WHO, 1978). This has been maintained in its more recent Health 21 strategy (WHO 1999). The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion was presented at the First WHO International Conference on Health Promotion held in Ottawa on November 21, 1986 for actions to achieve ‘Health for
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